A large collection of articles pertaining to the ongoing ‘Energy Transition’ in any of a number of ways.
Specific sub-categories relate to such things as Coal Closure, and other aspects of the transition.
Prompted by a question by a client in a training session for a new ez2view user, guest author Allan O’Neil has written 2,940 words to explain the price outcome in one particular dispatch interval for one particular region (19:05 on Tuesday 11th February 2025 in South Australia). Strap in, because it’s a good illustration of why the simple ‘merit order’ bid stacking model is sometimes (often!) way too simplistic!
Read MoreAnita, Lachlan, and Gilles from ERM Energetics share their thoughts on how financial electricity derivatives must evolve as the energy transition speeds up.
Following on from a similar review this time last year, Dan provides an updated look at the economics and performances within the NEM’s big battery fleet, making use of our recently released GSD2024.
After reviewing the latest version of our Generator Statistical Digest (GSD), David Leitch shares his top insights about VRE curtailment across the NEM in 2024.
With the news that Codrington Wind Farm (one of the first in the NEM) is to be closed, we take a quick look at 24 years of history.
Given the situation that unfolded on Sunday 16th February 2025, we take a look at curtailment of Large Solar production (not quite a record).
Wednesday morning 12th February 2024 sees rapid and large oscillations in prices across all regions – which results from (and/or leads to) oscillations in output of many units. One of the contributing factors is suspected to be the newly composed ‘N-BU_330_TX_ONE’ constraint set for an outage related to Project Energy Connect.
Drawing from our freshly released GSD2024, Dan provides some deeper insights into curtailment in the NEM, beyond the headline totals that were a topic of much online discussion earlier this week.
Prompted by a reader (and an ABC article) we take a look at Berrybank 1 & 2 Wind Farm following the turbine tower collapse on Tuesday 4th February 2025.
Guest author Allan O’Neil looks at how operation of Project EnergyConnect Stage 1 may affect market outcomes, with some early indications that impacts won’t be as straightforward as you might think.
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone discusses how the the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and a rare sudden stratospheric warming impacted the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and wind generation during the 2024 calendar year.
AEMO noted (in MN123507) that ‘The Bundey to Buronga 330kV (6F) line will be energised at 0700 hrs 21st January 2025.’
On Wednesday 15th January 2025 the AEMC decided to make a temporary rule change (which will come into effect from 23 January 2025) relating to mothballed Snuggery and Port Lincoln power stations in South Australia.
Yesterday, our team produced ‘not-for-dissemination early draft’ of the GSD2024. We take a look through this (and use ez2view) to explore reports of a trial of ‘two-shifting’ (and other enhancements to flexibility) for the Mt Piper coal-fired units in recent months.
Warwick Forster looks at the evolving role of data centres in portfolio management and corporate sustainability ambitions.
Finding another use for the relatively recent addition of the ELAV data set for Semi-Scheduled units, we follow on from a RenewEconomy article (in Nov 2024) to trend the availability of the Murra Warra 1 Wind Farm.
Whilst attempting not to fall down that particular rabbit hole, adding the two Frontier Economics reports to the ‘if I had more time here’s something I’d like to read in detail’ List.
AEMO has, on Monday 23rd December 2024 published this Statement of Need for MSL Transitional Services.
After a suggestion from a reader, Dan plots the locations of the 19 winning CIS projects announced last week against economic and network curtailment data.
SA Government has requested that two recently mothballed diesel power stations be eligible for provision of emergency reserves.