Curious about the Quorn Park Hybrid station in NSW? I was…
Prompted by a RenewEconomy article, curiosity about the new Quorn Park Hybrid Facility (Solar/BESS) led me to this article.
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The NEM’s first solar-battery hybrid, Quorn Park, enters testing
The NEM’s first true solar-battery hybrid in the NEM — the 98 MW Quorn Park Solar Hybrid with a 20 MW BESS — has begun testing as the inaugural “mixed” Aggregate Dispatch Group under AEMO’s new rules.
Scarce use of aggregate dispatch conformance to-date
No Mixed aggregate dispatch groups have been registered.
To what extent does the Capacity Investment Scheme cover curtailment risk, and how to interpret its ‘force majeure’ terms?
An open question to our readers.
My unofficial report on an unofficial ‘Energy Week’ in Melbourne 5th to 9th May 2025
From Monday 5th May to Friday 9th May 2025 was like an unofficial Energy Week in Melbourne for me, out-and-about at a few events. Here's my record of some of what happened...
So long solo solar, and hi hybrids?
A summary of the key challenges facing standalone solar and wind farms over the past several years, along with discussion and thoughts about whether new rules surrounding hybrids systems will address these.
Welcome to the Power Station of the Future – But Take Care
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.
(The main part of) IESS goes live today – Monday 3rd June 2024
A short note (on Monday 3rd June 2024) with the IESS changes going live today.
AEMO published (final of) High Level Design for IESS
On 7th July 2022 the AEMO published the final ‘High Level Design’ for the IESS implementation.
AEMO publishes (draft of) High Level Design for IESS (submissions due Fri 11th Feb 2022)
Same day as we released GenInsights21, the AEMO published its High Level Design on how they will implement the AEMC Rule Change determination on Integrating Energy Storage Systems (IESS) into the NEM. Here's the key dates.