Philippe Orhan from Neoen shares this article which is adapted from his presentation about BESS bidding (and dealing with the complexity in the data) in the NEM at the recent All-Energy conference in Melbourne.
James Tetlow of Overwatch Energy shares this article which is adapted from his presentation about BESS operations in the NEM at the recent All-Energy conference in Melbourne.
Warwick Forster of Apogee Energy explains how retail and generator hedging works within a portfolio.
Pan Galanis from Akaysha Energy presented the content from this article at the ‘Operating in the NEM’ session at All Energy in Melbourne last week.
Alex Leemon of Gridcog delivered this presentation about Big Battery Revenues in the NEM at All-Energy in Melbourne last week.
Anthony Cornelius of WeatherWatch shares insights and graphical displays that demonstrate the extent of the supercell storm that toppled seven transmission towers in Broken Hill last week.
Guest author Allan O’Neil examines some recent episodes of price volatility (particularly 30th July to 5th August 2024) and whether they were driven by a shortage of supply, or other factors.
Following on from earlier articles about price volatility on Tue 30th July 2024 (particularly in South Australia), guest author Allan O’Neil takes a closer look at the operation of battery units in South Australia.
Ashleigh Madden of Weatherzone reports on some unusual weather activity scheduled to impact QLD, NSW, and SA wind generation – stemming from a high pressure system moving towards the Tasman sea.
Ellise Janetzki posts this overview about operating hybrid plants, following her presentation at the Clean Energy Council’s ALSSSS event in Brisbane earlier this week.
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone explores how thunderstorms damage transmission and whether a trend of these related weather events exists.
Reflecting on the transmission tower failures in Victoria in February, a group of researchers from the University of Melbourne have put together this summary of what the long-term wind data is showing, and what it means for the power system.
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone reports that a cold front has marched across southern Australia, breaking the week-long wind lull.
Guest author, Carl Daley from EnergyByte, provides this summary of summer 2024 – covering price volatility, consolidation of the twin peaks dynamic, and BESS performance.
In Part 2 of their modelling and analysis project, David Leitch and Paul Bandarian discuss the modelled results of their sharpe ratio-maximised VRE system, including additional considerations regarding transmission.
Seven days ago, AEMO notified the market of a Scheduling Error from 24th Jan 2024 to 7th March 2024. A client asked us what it meant – so guest author Allan O’Neil has helped to explore and explain.
Guest author, Ben Skinner, returns with the second instalment on his thoughts about the Design Paper for the Capacity Investment Scheme – with submissions due next Monday 25th March 2024.
This is the first of a two part discussion on the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Implementation Design Paper (The Paper) released on 1 March 2024. This part will cover its broad objectives and implications. The second part will discuss some…
Geoff Eldridge provides a list of some the key records that were broken in the NEM yesterday, thanks particularly to high demand coming from Victoria.
Ben Domensino of WeatherZone provides an update on the bushfire danger in Victoria and Tasmania, whilst temperature forecasts are projected to be elevated in northern NSW.