Wind in South Australia contributes to LOR2 warnings
Windy conditions persist - and bring with them their own challenges for the AEMO in managing the security of the system (PS wind contributes to, but there are other factors discussed in the post)
Autumn 2015 in the NEM
Aggregate wind farm output tops 3,200MW in the middle of the night
Looks like wind output, aggregated across the NEM, hit a new record in output overnight.
Metered Generation data feed for Royalla Solar commences (6 months after plant opening)
Royalla solar farm (opened 6 months ago) now has metered generation data published by AEMO - here's the first view.
Benefits* of tracking systems in solar PV
Quick notes about three types of solar PV systems, at University of Queensland's Gatton Solar Research Facility.
Small-scale, distributed solar currently leaving large-scale, centralised solar in the shade
The Nyngan large-scale solar PV plant started production in March - but, as shown here, large-scale solar has a lot of catching up to do to match current levels of small-scale solar PV production.
Approaching 62 hours becalmed on the mainland – what would this mean for battery storage?
Some back-of-the-envelope calculations being a starting point to help me understand how much real contribution electric vehicles might make in feeding back into the grid when intermittent generation is absent.
Some interesting patterns emerge, with the interaction of wind and solar
Some initial analysis of the interplay between wind and solar in Australia's National Electricity Market
First production from Nyngan Solar Farm seen over the weekend
Being first-of-a-kind (at least for which AEMO publish data) it's worth noting that Nyngan solar farm has commenced operations.
Queensland demand peaks (at a high level) late in the day Thursday 19th March
Another high demand day yesterday (Thu 19th March) in Queensland - here's a record
Queensland electricity demand hits a high mark on Thursday 5th March 2015
A walk-through a high-demand day in Queensland (especially remarkable because of the effect of solar PV output).
A hot Thursday forecast for QLD this week – what will it mean for electricity demand?
With high temperatures forecast for South-East Queensland later this week, we take a look at what's forecast in terms of demand.