Collation of articles pertaining to Friday 18th October 2024
ElectraNet are reporting that at least twenty-three transmission towers and six 132kV stobie poles fell down or were damaged during last night’s wild weather.
Read MoreA quick review of electricity supply sources (that are visible to us) around the Broken Hill area.
Another ‘interesting’ event today … a dip in mainland frequency with trip of Loy Yang A2.
Several media outlets are reporting that Olympic Dam in South Australia has lost power, which may cause headaches for system operators with demand in South Australia forecast to go negative this weekend.
Given recent events, we’re asking a rhetorical question about how many temporary transmission towers there are currently in Australia?
Goyder South Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that showed a large drop in output on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look and see its cause is different than for Snowtown and Clements Gap.
Clements Gap Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that appeared to trip unexpectedly on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look.
Snowtown 1 Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that appeared to trip unexpectedly on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look.