Callide C3 unit suffers cooling tower issues
Alerted via an ABC news article, we take a quick look at Callide C3.
Read MoreSpring 2021 in the NEM
A collection of articles about events that occur during Spring 2021 in the NEM (i.e. September, October, November 2021)
How many Negawatts have been dispatched through the WDRM since its introduction?
A very brief look into how many units have been registered for the WDRM, and how many MW have been dispatched since the rule change was implemented roughly two months ago.
November a volatile month for Australian solar power
Ben Domensino of Weatherzone discusses an extreme month of wet weather across Australia during November, and its impact on solar generation.
Two recent improvements (in late November 2021) by AEMO in the dispatch process
A short article (in the midst of GenInsights21 completion) more broadly sharing 2 good news stories from AEMO in the context of the NEMDE dispatch process.
Scheduled demand in SA goes negative, again
Scheduled demand in SA drops below zero for the second time in less than a week.
Scheduled Demand drops *below 0MW* in South Australia on Sunday 21st November 2021
South Australia hits a very low point for ‘Market Demand’ on Sunday 21st November 2021 … all the way down to *actually be below zero!*
Yallourn coal bunker fire on Thursday 11th November 2021
A short article about the fire in the Yallourn power station coal bunker.
Widespread rain event one factor in pricing volatility in QLD on Thursday 11th November 2021 (Part 2)
Second short article, looking into what has been happening through Queensland on Thursday 11th November 2021.
Price volatility in QLD and NSW on Thursday 11th November 2021 (Part 1)
Some price volatility in NSW and (especially) QLD region on Thursday 11th November 2021.
Updated tabulated record of minimum demand points – for each region, and NEM-wide – following 31st Oct 2021
Updating the minimum demand records, following new low points seen for VIC and SA (but not NSW, as I had thought earlier) for Minimum Demand.
New Minimum Demand point also set for Victoria on Sunday 31st October 2021
Second region today (Sun 31st Oct 2021) to see a new ‘minimum demand’ record was the Victorian region … when looking at Scheduled Demand (after correcting my mistake about NSW).
[CORRECTION – CLOSE TO] New Record Scheduled Demand point also set for NSW on Sunday 31st October 2021 (Part 2)
[CORRECTION – CLOSE TO] Second region to fall lower on Sunday 31st October 2021, in terms of Minimum Scheduled Demand, was the NSW region
Minimum Demand records drop lower – for the SA region, and NEM-wide (Part 1)
On Sunday 31st October 2021 we see minimum demand level drop considerably lower for the South Australian region … and also a new record set on a NEM-wide basis.
Storms in Victoria on leave ~500,000 without power
A short note about the storms that left approximately 500,000 people without power in Victoria on Friday 29th october 2021
Evening LOR2 in the QLD region – and early ‘summer’ evening
A quick note about an actual LOR2 condition in the QLD region – Thursday 28th October 2021
Price volatility in South Australia on Wednesday 27th October 2021
Some quick notes about a price spike seen over 4 dispatch intervals this morning in South Australia – Wed 27th Oct 2021.
Keeping an eye out, for Negawatts
It’s Sunday 24th October 2021 and the AEMO’s new Centralised Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism has started operations. What can we see?
Recapping where the records sit, in ‘record minimum demand’ following Sunday 17th October 2021 (Part 4)
Capping off a weekend of new low points for minimum demand in NSW, and NEM-wide (and some near misses elsewhere) this table sums up where the low points sit.
A monster leak in the Grid drives ‘Minimum Demand’ on a NEM-wide basis down on Sunday 17th October 2021 (part 3)
Slightly later than happened for the NSW region, here’s the stats for the large reduction for ‘minimum demand’ on a NEM-wide basis for Sunday 17th October 2021
New record for ‘Minimum Demand’ in the NSW region on Sunday 17th October 2021 (part 2)
A quick look backwards, later in the afternoon, at the new ‘lowest ever’ point reached for demand in the NSW region.