More than 40,000 customers without power in NSW on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 after wild weather overnight
Wild storms over night have impacted parts of the Ausgrid, Endeavour and Essential Energy distribution networks in NSW.
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How severe thunderstorms impact energy infrastructure
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone explores how thunderstorms damage transmission and whether a trend of these related weather events exists.
Power outage in Western Australia (incl Kalgoorlie) from Wed 17th Jan 2024
A short record of a significant power outage in Western Australia in January 2024.
A quick review of the sequence of events in SA immediately around the islanding on Saturday 12th November 2022
Fifth article for Monday 14th November 2022 ... taking a quick initial look at the sequence of events immediately around the islanding in South Australia on Saturday 12th November 2022.
ElectraNet tweets about tower damage near Tailem Bend (out for a week)
Second article in a growing series about the islanding of South Australia from Saturday 12th November 2022.
Rooftop PV output during QLD’s heatwave week – Part A – Regional overview
This article - Part A of a 2 part series - reviews how rooftop PV output varied and considers its influence on Queensland demand on the 1st and 2nd of February, 2022.
QLD ‘Market Demand’ at 9,869MW at 14:50 … are we going to reach an all-time record?
QLD demand is climbing closer to an 'all time maximum' on Tuesday 2nd February 2022 ... but an afternoon storm might cool things off.
Storms in Victoria on leave ~500,000 without power
A short note about the storms that left approximately 500,000 people without power in Victoria on Friday 29th october 2021
Looking gloomy at Oakey 2 Solar Farm again?
Yesterday I received a call from the people at PV Magazine who were preparing for the ‘Virtual Roundtables Europe 2020’ event on this week in Germany – i.e. Tuesday evening (now!) and Wednesday evening...
Monday’s NSW rain/hail storms also dampens solar output
Following yesterday's dust storms, today's rain (and hail) also sweep through NSW to dampen production from solar farms - small and large.