Dan Andrews used that* four letter word to launch their Election Energy Policy
Last Thursday 20th October the Victorian Labor Government, in the midst of seeking re-election, had its own turn at releasing an Energy Policy that caused quite a stir…
Spring 2022 in the NEM
Several different timeframes for investigating the major Tasmanian system event beginning Friday 14th October 2022
Third article on what happened on Friday 14th October 2022 – sharing a photograph of the damaged transmission (thanks to TasNetworks for the photo, and Zeus for the weather) and outlining a number of different timescales that could be considered with respect to this event.
Uncharted territory for rooftop PV in South Australia
Hot on the heels of a new low point for Operational Demand in South Australia on the weekend, this evening AEMO warns of an ‘elevated risk of contingent disconnection of Distributed PV’ tomorrow (Wed 19th Oct 2022).
Sequence of events in Tasmania on Friday 14th October 2022 (initial look)
On Friday 14th October we saw a significant system event in Tasmania – with storms downing power links, leading to large (530MW) loss of load and trip of Basslink. In this article we take a first look at the sequence of events…
530MW loss of electrical load in Tasmania on Friday 14th October 2022
Some quick notes of a sizeable loss of load in Tasmania and a volatility situation that is ongoing as I hit ‘publish’ at 11:50 NEM time.
Loy Yang A2 slips back – now RTS on Thu 27th October 2022
Third article today about major outages – this one looking at current expectations for RTS for Loy Yang A2 after some apparent slippage.
Kogan Creek Power Station major overhaul extended to 18th December (unexpected stator and rotor issues)
One of many articles in the AFR this week flagged an extension of major outage on Kogan Creek Power Station. In this article we take a quick initial look.
AEMO briefly forecasts load shedding for NSW on Saturday morning 8th October (possibly data glitch?)
A quick initial look at (what appears to be) a strange aberration in the AEMO forecast data, with load shedding briefly forecast in NSW tomorrow morning.
‘Market Demand’ in Victoria drops to a new low point on Sunday 2nd October 2022 … and ‘Operational Demand’ as well
A short article with the Victorian ‘Market Demand’ dropping to new low point for minimum demand on Sunday 2nd October 2022.
QLD Government releases ‘Energy and Jobs Plan’
On Wednesday 28th September 2022 the Queensland Government has launched its much awaited Energy Policy.
Minimum Demand drops lower, on Sunday 25th September 2022 – for the NSW region, and also NEMwide
A short article on Sunday 25th September 2022 to record some new low points for ‘minimum demand’ in the NSW region, and on a NEMwide basis.
‘Minimum Demand’ records pushed lower in QLD on Sunday 11th September 2022 … re ‘Emergency backstop mechanism’
‘Minimum Demand’ for the QLD region (in recent years and excluding 25th May 2021) drops lower still on Sunday 11th September 2022.
A deeper (but still incomplete) look into the Overnight volatility in South Australia (i.e. part 2)
A follow-on second look at the volatility experienced in South Australia around midnight beginning Thursday 8th September 2022.
Overnight volatility in South Australia – part 1
A run of volatility in South Australia lasting ~90 minutes triggered a few alerts.
There’s plenty of wind, but the SA price is still spiking today (Wed 7th Sept 2022)
A quick marker for some volatility thus far today in South Australia.
Benchmarking large-scale solar PV performance
Lachlan McLeod of Ekistica writes this short article following the recent release of an ARENA report looking into performance ratios used to compare solar pv operations.
NEM-wide IRPM drops below 15% on Monday 5th September 2022
A quick second article today, with IRPM down below 15% on a NEM-wide basis.
Widespread cloud cover across QLD dampens solar production on Friday 2nd September 2022 … and broader
In this article we take a quick look at how today’s widespread cloud cover is affecting solar production across QLD.
Morning volatility in South Australia on Thursday 1st September 2022
This morning have been greeted to a run of SMS alerts for volatility in South Australia.