Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
The role of gas for firming electricity supply, alongside general consumption, means gas storage levels at Iona continue to be critical in the helping to meet our current and future energy needs.
Following on from earlier articles about price volatility on Tue 30th July 2024 (particularly in South Australia), guest author Allan O’Neil takes a closer look at the operation of battery units in South Australia.
Curiosity drove us to take this initial (and very quick) look at bidding behaviour, NEM-wide, across the past 14 days in relation to recent NEM-wide price volatility.
A short initial article, 5 days after Callide C3 came offline again for another forced outage … during a period that’s seen multi-region spot price volatility.
A quick snapshot of evening volatility across the NEM on Wednesday 31st July 2024.
Following recent market volatility, here’s a quick look at the current trend of Cumulative Price for each region.
A short examination of some of the over-arching factors at play yesterday evening – where prices spiked above $3,000/MWh in all five regions simultaneously.
Already this evening we’ve seen a rare occurrence of price spikes in all five NEM regions simultaneously.
The South Australian region is seeing a run of high prices, starting just after 6pm this evening.
On Wednesday 24th July 2024, the AEMO and AER *both* published their quarterly reviews of 2024 Q2 … here are some quick notes for future reference.
A short article in conjunction with GenInsights Quarterly Updates for 2024 Q2, trending NEM-wide % VRE over 12 days in June 2024.
A short article in conjunction with GenInsights Quarterly Updates for 2024 Q2, trending NEM-wide IRPM over 9 days in June 2024.
Looking forwards to some tight supply-demand balance (and potentially record-breaking demand) for mornings early next week in Tasmania.
We’ve clocked over into Friday 26th July 2024 – here’s a quick record of how wind yield from Wind Farms across the NEM has been on a sustained high the past week.
A question from a WattClarity reader prompts this quick article about reduced output at Kogan Creek, and some questions about why.
A quick record of Tamar Valley CCGT coming offline yesterday (Tue 23rd July 2024) after 40 days of solid operations through a low-rain and low-wind winter in Tasmania.
A quick look (on Sunday 17th July 2024) at recent NEM-wide wind production patterns into 2024 Q3.
A quick look at forecast ‘Market Demand’ and NEM-wide IRPM for next week … with Ben Domensino writing about a ‘Ferocious Tasman Low to hit southeast Australia next week’
Five weeks on from the re-start of production at Tamar Valley CCGT, it’s still running (and water storage levels in TAS are still low).
A short (perhaps initial) record of load shedding instructed for NSW on Monday evening 8th July 2024.