On Sunday 1st September 2024 the ‘minimum demand’ point in NSW ratcheted lower still – a drop of 6% on the preceding ‘lowest ever’ point set just over 10 months ago.
With the Severe Weather persisting in Tasmania into Sunday 1st September 2024, reports suggest ~5% of the population without power due to many localized network outages.
Saturday 31st August 2024 also sees AEMO issue a Severe Weather Warning for Tasmania
Saturday 31st August 2024 saw warm temperatures and high rooftop PV yield contribute to a new low point for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW
It’s Friday 30th August 2024 and Callide C4 has commenced its return-to-service (and re-commissioning), after an outage lasting 1193 days
On Thursday 29th August 2024 the Cumulative Price in Victoria dropped below $0/MWh … but Dan Lee noted not for the first time ever in any region.
An article from Weatherzone prompts a look (via ez2view) at forecast aggregate Wind Farm Capability in the coming days – we might come close to a new record.
With winter having a concerted last blast (or having launched straight into summer in northern Australia) it’s strange times indeed.
Anthony Sharwood’s article ‘Wild winter winds hit 156 km/h in Tas, 128 km/h on mainland’ prompts me to have a quick look at wind production in Tasmania in recent days.
We take a quick look, after (at 00:01 Wednesday 28th August 2024) both potlines at Portland Smelter tripped.
A short record of some large curtailment of Large Solar resource on Saturday 24th August 2024.
With Eraring unit 3 coming offline on Sunday 25th August 2024 (not long after Eraring unit 1 returned to service) I’ve had a quick look.
A social media update talking about forecast high wind speeds in the coming week prompts me to check forecast aggregate wind farm production.
After a forced outage lasting almost 4 weeks, Callide C3 came back online Wednesday evening 21st August 2024.
A short article with this snapshot to document a morning burst of volatility in South Australia on Thu 22nd Aug 2024.
For several reasons (including as prompted by conversations with several different clients in recent days) here’s a review of rebidding at Loy Yang A1 as the unit came offline on Tuesday 20th August 2024.
A brief follow-on to yesterday evening’s article about the unplanned outage at Loy Yang A1 (Tue 20th Aug 2024).
Another brief article (to help some specific readers/clients) with respect to a coal unit outage … this time Millmerran unit 2.
A quick look at some market data in ez2view, with respect to Loy Yang A1 unit coming offline on Tuesday afternoon 20th August 2024.
A quick contemporaneous record of the trip of the Tarong North Power station unit on Monday evening 19th August 2024.