‘Q-BCNE_821’ Constraint Set

Paul McArdle Friday, February 5 2021

Which units were most impacted by constraints in 2020?

In this (lengthy) article today, Paul McArdle uses the newly released GSD2020 to take a look at the units that were most frequently impacted by constraints during calendar 2020 – with a view to how this has changed from 2011 to 2020.

Paul McArdle Tuesday, November 3 2020

Case Study Part 5 – Why did those constraint bind – in QLD on Tuesday 13th October 2020?

In part 5 of this expanding Case Study of the unexpected price spike on Tuesday 13th Oct, linked to a large & sudden drop in output across 10 solar farms, we take a detailed look at the constraint set ‘Q-BCNE_821’ invoked to deal with the transmission outage between H11 Nebo (in ‘North’ zone) and H10 Bouldercombe (in ‘Central-West’ zone)