How are South Australia’s non-scheduled wind farms participating in the market now?
AEMO recently imposed additional dispatch obligations on six non-scheduled wind farms in South Australia. We take a look at what this means in practice.
AEMO recently imposed additional dispatch obligations on six non-scheduled wind farms in South Australia. We take a look at what this means in practice.
A quick note about the brief Market Suspension in South Australia on Friday afternoon, 18th February 2022.
A short (and first) look at some of the market activity on a volatile evening in several regions - SA and VIC, and with QLD joining the fray a bit later.
A short look at this afternoon's pricing volatility in the South Australian region with what appears to be coincident trips at 2 related Large Solar Farms.
A quick look at New Year's Eve in South Australia
This morning I've taken a quick look at market activity in South Australia on Thursday evening, 30th December 2021.
A short article following a price spike in SA on Thursday afternoon, 30th December 2021
Out-of-the-blue, the price spikes up near $10,000/MWh in South Australia on an otherwise 'boring' day ... a sign of what we should expect increasingly in future?
Here's a snapshot of the ‘Unit Dashboard’ widget in ez2view of the HPRG1 unit (i.e. the pre-IESS generation side DUID for the Hornsdale Power Reserve) on Monday 13th December 2021
Scheduled demand in SA drops below zero for the second time in less than a week.
Updating the minimum demand records, following new low points seen for VIC and SA (but not NSW, as I had thought earlier) for Minimum Demand.
On Sunday 31st October 2021 we see minimum demand level drop considerably lower for the South Australian region ... and also a new record set on a NEM-wide basis.
Some quick notes about a price spike seen over 4 dispatch intervals this morning in South Australia - Wed 27th Oct 2021.
Capping off a weekend of new low points for minimum demand in NSW, and NEM-wide (and some near misses elsewhere) this table sums up where the low points sit.
Sunny skies and mild weather in South Australia on Sunday 26th September sees a new (lower) point for 'Minimum Demand set in the South Australian region.
Now making it 5 out of the past 6 years, we return to the analysis of electricity (spot and futures) pricing patterns for Q2 periods across the NEM regions ... and also in Western...
It was volatile this morning well past that’s become ‘normal’ and the volatility has returned (as I expected it would) this evening. Here’s the snapshot of the 17:20 dispatch interval from one of our...
Spot prices spiked across mainland regions this evening - firstly at 17:55 (above $1,000/MWh). and then at 18:00 (up towards $15,000/MWh). Here's a first look.
A short article this afternoon to link through to the Preliminary Report published by the AEMO, looking into what happened in South Australia last Friday (12th March 2021).
Over 2,000 MW – or around 55% – of South Australia’s firm supply capacity was unavailable last Friday evening (March 12, 2021), along with virtually all of its large-scale renewable supply (a further 1,800...