A collection of articles relating to the state-wide “System Black” in South Australia on 28th September 2016
It’s Monday 28th September 2026, which means we’ve just clocked over 10 years since the SA System Black event (on Wednesday 28th September 2016). Like a number of others have done, here’s our short WattClarity® note to commemorate this.
Belgium-based guest author Gilles Chaspierre looks at two major occasions where the NEM was suspended. In 2016, when physics outran the market; and in 2022 when the market outran the physics. He reads the pair as one lesson about what spot prices cannot see.
This 8th case study in this series presents tabular results for all Semi-Scheduled DUIDs which were operational at the time of the SA System Black event.
Last week's notable under-frequency load shedding in Great Britain following what appears to be the loss of two generation units in quick succession prompts me to publish some of the analysis of aggregate levels of inertia supplied by synchronous generators in South Australia as part...
Coincidentally this week it seems to me that we're facing storm warnings on two different fronts - one literal (and much easier to prepare for), whilst the other one is metaphorical and operates at several different levels (and is much, much more difficult to manage).
A belated link to the Finkel Review.
A listing of key reports and analysis into the SA blackout of 28th September 2016.
The South Australian Blackout of 28th September 2016 is not as simple as it looks.
Wind speeds up during the blackout of September 28th in South Australia
First attempt to try to piece together events leading up to the blackout in South Australia on Wed 28th September 2016
Power's out across South Australia on the afternoon of Wednesday 28th September