A short record of a significant drop of ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Tuesday afternoon 5th November 2024 … down 710MW (or 60% of the initial value) in 20 minutes.
There was an ‘Evening blast of spot price volatility in South Australia on Monday 23rd September 2024’ … roughly 6 weeks ago. Today, for several reasons, we start to take a closer look.
With All Energy 2024 commencing this morning in Melbourne our phones are buzzing with SMS alerts for price volatility in South Australia.
Two independent updates (on Sat 19th Oct) about restoration activities following storms in SA on Thursday evening 17th October 2024.
The ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia has fallen to its lowest ever point, on Saturday 19th October, and is forecast to fall lower still (in part because Olympic Dam is offline).
ElectraNet are reporting that at least twenty-three transmission towers and six 132kV stobie poles fell down or were damaged during last night’s wild weather.
Several media outlets are reporting that Olympic Dam in South Australia has lost power, which may cause headaches for system operators with demand in South Australia forecast to go negative this weekend.
Clements Gap Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that appeared to trip unexpectedly on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look.
Second article for Thursday evening 17th October 2024, about unplanned network outages (in severe weather) in South Australia.
On Thursday evening 17th October 2024, a significant weather event in South Australia has damaged the high-voltage network in SA Far North (and power supply has been impacted).
A second article about some ‘interesting’ market events in South Australia on Thursday 17th October 2024.
The spot price has been bouncing around in South Australia this morning (Thu 17th Oct). Here’s a short record.
A short note about Market Notice 118672, as that will be of interest to many of our readers.
On Monday evening 23rd September 2024 we saw a sustained period of price volatility in South Australia.
Overnight into Monday 2nd September 2024, the AEMO has extended its Severe Weather warning into SA, and then into VIC.
On Thursday 29th August 2024 the Cumulative Price in Victoria dropped below $0/MWh … but Dan Lee noted not for the first time ever in any region.
After releasing the 2024 ESOO on Thursday morning 29th August 2024, in the afternoon the AEMO called for tenders for supply of RERT (Reserve Trader) in South Australia for summer 2024-25.
A short article with this snapshot to document a morning burst of volatility in South Australia on Thu 22nd Aug 2024.
A quick article about evening volatility (in South Australia only?) on Tuesday 6th August 2024
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.