Victoria is heading into a closely watched evening, with extreme heat forecast to push market demand to within striking distance of the region’s all-time record that has stood for seventeen years.
Despite the public holiday, extreme heat across South Australia has pushed evening demand above forecasts, contributing to a prolonged period of elevated spot prices near the market cap.
A conversation today amongst our broader cohort about the heatwave earlier this month had me scurrying to the ‘Trends Engine’ in ez2view to produce the following macro view of ‘Dispatch Error’ across the entire* Wind Farm fleet NEM-wide.
Today in NSW we saw large price spreads, material network curtailment, wild swings in demand, and several other factors unfold. This article summarises some of the high-level drivers of today's events.
A short article looking ahead to the afternoon/evening for NSW on Tuesday 28th January 2025.
Weatherzone's Ant Sharwood shares insights into yesterday's extreme temperatures in Victoria.
Monday 16th December 2024 was an interesting day in the NEM for a number of reasons. So we’ll use the ‘Bids & Offers’ widget in ez2view to do this quick initial review and then, depending what we see, determine whether we want to invest further...
A couple days after the end of 'winter 2024' the temperature has dropped by 10 degrees in Archerfield. We take a look at how temperatures in Archerfield through winter 2024 compare with the 18 preceding years to see how remarkable was the ramp in temperatures...
A quick summary of the bids/offers for each of the generation fuel types in QLD, as we examine the market conditions over the past four days.
Ashleigh Lange of WeatherZone reports on the high apparent temperatures being felt in South East Queensland today.
A first article about forecast high temperatures (hence high demand, and also potentially LOR levels) for Queensland on Thursday 18th January 2024 ... and also Fri 19th and Mon 22nd.
A short note following a post from Ben Domensino warning of 40+ degree weather in the Sydney metropolitan area tomorrow.
A quick record of 'equal hottest September day on record' for Sydney ... and its impact on electricity demand
One observation about the 2023 ESOO is that AEMO is now modelling (more accurately) the high temperature degradation on wind farm performance.
Looks like a new all-time record for Operational Demand in the QLD region early this evening, Friday 17th March 2023.
On Monday afternoon 6th March 2023 a late burst of summer in NSW has driven Market Demand above 13,000MW.
Could be a hot one in (Sydney and) NSW on Monday 6th March 2023 ... with AEMO forecasting potential LOR2 low reserve condition.
On Thursday 23rd February, hot weather in SA drove 'Market Demand' to its highest level in just over 9 years, and delivered a bit of spot price volatility. We investigate....
A quick look at how Market Demand peaked on a hot Sunday afternoon/evening in QLD.
A short note about AEMO's MN104622 ... with a high temperature warning for Port Augusta for 26th December 2022.