Four NEM-related themes from COP29
After returning from COP29 in Baku, Dan shares his thoughts about energy transition challenges in international electricity markets, and how they intersect with what we’re seeing in the NEM.
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Noting the new “Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism” being proposed in South Australia
Worth noting the proposed ‘Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism’ from the South Australian Government – with live online information session Monday 25th November 2024.
Simshauser/Gilmore Working Paper speaks to challenges for gas-fired firming
A short article this morning to note about a Working Paper from CAEEPR that touches on important (and not well understood?) aspects of this energy transition, as it relates to Firming Capacity requirements.
An ESOO snippet – how effective are different technologies at enhancing reliability?
In his second article about the 2023 ESOO, guest author Allan O’Neil takes a look at what the AEMO has published with respect to various options for firming capacity to increase the reliability of aggregate supply to below the two thresholds (the Reliability Standard and the Interim Reliability Standard)
Case Study of high AggSchedTarget on Thu 30th Jan 2020 and Fri 31st Jan 2020 (part 1!)
In this article we delve in deeper on Thu 30th Jan and Fri 31st Jan 2020 … two days that saw extreme levels of ‘Aggregate Scheduled Target’ (i.e. AggSchedTarget – a requirement for firming capacity). A timely review, given two developments arriving tomorrow (on Thursday 31st August 2023).
The GSD2022: A labour of love
David Leitch of ITK Services provides his top insights from the GSD2022, which he has used to look into generation mix, constraints and firming.