Highest-ever wind yield … *and* worst wind yield since June 2017!
… it does not seem logical that both can be true, but (from our look at the numbers) it does appear to be!
Read MoreCollation of articles relating to Thursday 30th May 2024.
This was a day seeing a new all-time record for NEM-wide wind production, (which came at the end of a sustained spell of low wind through April and May 2024)
… it does not seem logical that both can be true, but (from our look at the numbers) it does appear to be!
Read MoreAn (initial and) short review of the solid block of high aggregate wind yield over the ~3 day date range (late Tuesday 28th May 2024 to late Friday 31st May 2024) … and how much this was expected in advance.
A short note (on Thursday evening 30th May 2024) to record the NEM-wide wind production exceeding the prior ‘all time’ record, set 11 months previously. More remarkable after a very lacklustre last ~8 weeks.
Unlike the first ~28 days in the month of May 2024, the aggregate production of power from Wind Farms across the NEM has ramped up from late Tuesday 28th May and reached a high point Thursday morning 30th May 2024 only 371MW below the all-time maximum production.
Reaching for the same NEMreview query we’ve used a few times in 2024 Q2, we take a look at how futures prices have traded in NSW, following the announcement of agreement to extend the service life at Eraring Power Station.
AEMO’s ST PASA forecasts suggests that we might see a ~3 day period of stronger aggregate production from wind farms across the NEM to finish off the month or May 2024.