Simultaneous loss of controls on two DC interconnectors (Saturday 15th August 2026)
A short article to note simultaneous loss of control on the two x DC interconnectors on the mainland for a couple hours on Saturday morning 15th August 2026.
DirectLink
More network trips in northern NSW, on Friday 7th March 2025 (is TC Alfred involved?)
The AEMO notes that, at 06:12 (NEM time) on Friday 7th March 2025 various 132kV lines between Lismore and Mullumbimby tripped, along with No 1 and 2 cables of Directlink. This follows localised distribution network outages overnight in northern NSW (Essential Energy distribution area) due...
Unplanned outage of No 1 leg of Directlink (was this related to the emergence of TC Alfred?)
AEMO says 'At 1030 hrs the Ewingsdale-Mullumbimby 9G5 132kV line and the Directlink DC1 tripped'. Was this related to TC Albert?
An inter-regional interconnector refers to *the whole of* the transmission path between RRNs
We already noted this a few times recently, but we thought it would be worth separating out as its own article under the ‘Energy Literacy’ category, as it’s likely we’ll be referring back to it increasingly in future.