We understand how the solar farm units received targets of 0 MW, when the constraint appears to simply limit the inverter count to 100.
Read MoreAusgrid have published a statement this morning that 140,000 customers and 50,000 homes and business either lost power or had their electricity impacted during yesterday’s thunderstorms in NSW.
Last article for the day is Part 6 exploring the volatility at 14:00 on Wednesday 15th January 2025 … flagging some other things not noted before.
In Part 5 in this evolving series, we find a significant drop in mainland frequency at ~14:00 on Wednesday 15th January 2025 – coincident with the weather disruption and price volatility.
Taking a look at the ‘N_NEWENSF1+2_100-INV’ constraint equation, one other factor in the volatility in NSW on Wednesday afternoon 15th January 2025.
Could a large storm passing over NSW and Victoria have played a part in transmission outages, leading to price volatility?
Second sequential part of a broader review of some earlier-than-expected volatility in NSW on Wednesday afternoon 15th January 2025.
Not long after speaking with a client about forecast evening volatility in NSW for Wednesday 15th January 2025, we see price spikes beginning at 14:00 in the afternoon. So we take a first look….
Yesterday, our team produced ‘not-for-dissemination early draft’ of the GSD2024. We take a look through this (and use ez2view) to explore reports of a trial of ‘two-shifting’ (and other enhancements to flexibility) for the Mt Piper coal-fired units in recent months.
On Monday evening 13th January we noted a short-notice ‘Actual LOR2’ in NSW. In this article we take a look at why (the short notice) was unusual.
On Monday evening 13th January we noted a short-notice ‘Actual LOR2’ in NSW. In this article we take a look at the VIC1-NSW1 interconnector, and particularly the impact of the ‘N::N_MNYS_2’ constraint equation, in limiting the ability of imports from the south to ameliorate.
At 17:49 (NEM time) on Monday 13th January 2025 the AEMO declared an ‘Actual LOR2’ … pretty much ‘out of the blue’.
ez2view widgets support quick understanding of the latest declaration of low reserve conditions for VIC in 2025.
Worth a short follow-on to say that the AEMO published MN122902 at 14:32 (NEM time) today noting the cancellation of the forecast LOR1 condition for NSW, as forecasts moderate.
In this article, we’re continuing to explore what happened to some Wind Farms in Victoria on Monday 16th December 2024 – which was a day of high temperatures, and on which many interesting things occurred. In this particular article, we focus on 4 x Wind Farms all in the same portfolio that exhibited some commonalities in output patterns and so on…
The AEMO published ‘NEM Local Temperature Alert’ in MN122792 published at 11:12 (NEM time) on Friday 3rd January 2025.
Following AEMO’s MN122697 (published at 06:51 NEM time), we take a look at the ‘forecast LOR2’ condition for NSW on Monday 6th January 2025.
On Wednesday 1st January 2025 (New Year’s Day), Victoria saw both a new ‘lowest ever*’ point for ‘Market Demand’ and Actual MSL1.
To assist readers in our ongoing review of possible high-temperature (or other) effects on Wind Farm output in Victoria on Monday 16th December 2024, here’s a map we’ve put together to help indicate the location of each of the Semi-Scheduled wind farms.
A short note to record AEMO MN122436 noting Local Temperature Alerts for SA, VIC on Wed 25th and Thu 26th December 2024