A brief overview of a stressful afternoon/evening in the NEM, where a confluence of events (heatwave-driven high demand, low wind, coal unit trip, etc...) drive LOR2 low reserve condition notice in both VIC and...
A quick look after the unit trip (including reported explosion) at Mortlake Unit 2
Following the notice from AGL Energy on Friday last week about the extended outage occurring at Loy Yang A unit 2, here's some initial thoughts via WattClarity (with more to come as time permits)
The framework we used to analyse the extent to which coal-fired power is "dependable" in the Generator Report Card, and the extent to which it's been changing.
Some quick notes about the volatility seen in the NEM on Friday 1st March 2019 - a hot day in Victoria and South Australia, the first day of Autumn.
Two examples where units (in these cases Semi-Scheduled) appeared to disregard dispatch targets.
Highlighting one example of a unit trip. We expect we will find many in the process of compiling our Generator Report Card 2018 - the bigger question being whether the incidence is increasing (and,...
A follow-on to my earlier article of a couple weeks ago, looking at another instance where a team effort was required to counter a drop in system frequency following the loss of generation at...
Understanding the FCAS response by all generators when a unit trips in the NEM. A detailed look at the Loy Yang A unit trip in December 2017 and the contribution of the Hornsdale Power...
At 23:05 on Saturday 9th March AEMO advised that the Millmerran power station units 1 and 2 tripped simultaneously at 22:07 (58 minutes prior) - for reasons still unknown. Here's how we saw it...