Broken Hill’s backup generator back online Tuesday evening 22nd October 2024
It’s Wednesday morning and the backup generator in Broken Hill (GB01) has run successfully through the night after restarting Tuesday afternoon 22nd October 2024.
Eventful Days
Morning volatility in South Australia, on Wednesday 23rd October 2024
With All Energy 2024 commencing this morning in Melbourne our phones are buzzing with SMS alerts for price volatility in South Australia.
AEMO forecasts MSL1 in VIC for Saturday 26th October 2024
AEMO has published MN119194 on Tuesday afternoon 22nd October 2024 at 15:13 about forecast MSL1 for Victoria on Saturday 26th October 2024.
Back-up generator in Broken Hill tripped offline Monday 21st Oct, still offline Tuesday morning 22nd Oct 2024
At 16:41 (NEM time) on Monday 21st October the back-up generator in Broken Hill tripped – and is still offline on Tuesday morning 22nd October 2024.
New ‘lowest ever*’ point of NSW ‘Market Demand’, on Sunday 20th October 2024
In the following dispatch interval (11:50 on Sunday 20th October 2024) the level of ‘Market Demand’ fell ~200MW … below the prior ‘lowest ever*’ point set a few weeks earlier.
NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’, falls below 10,000MW for the first time ever* – on Sunday 20th October 2024
On Sunday 20th October 2024 we see a new ‘lowest ever*’ point for NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ courtesy of mild weather and gangbusters rooftop PV.
Two updates (on Saturday 19th October 2024) on restoration, following Thursday evening storms in South Australia
Two independent updates (on Sat 19th Oct) about restoration activities following storms in SA on Thursday evening 17th October 2024.
‘Market Demand’ in South Australia falls to ‘lowest ever’ point on Saturday 19th October 2024
The ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia has fallen to its lowest ever point, on Saturday 19th October, and is forecast to fall lower still (in part because Olympic Dam is offline).
ElectraNet provide update that 29 transmission structures went down in SA, during last night’s weather event
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.
Living on an island … in Broken Hill
A quick review of electricity supply sources (that are visible to us) around the Broken Hill area.
Drop in NEM mainland frequency on Friday 18th October 2024 following trip of Loy Yang A2
Another ‘interesting’ event today … a dip in mainland frequency with trip of Loy Yang A2.
Olympic Dam now offline, as SA demand was already forecasted to go negative this weekend
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.
How is the stockpile of temporary transmission towers around Australia looking?
Given recent events, we’re asking a rhetorical question about how many temporary transmission towers there are currently in Australia?
A closer look at Goyder South Wind Farm on Thursday evening 17th October 2024 (not affected by the storm?)
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 still offline, on Friday morning 18th October 2024.
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 back online (Friday morning 18th October 2024) after being offline for >12 hours
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.
(Initial) Replay of Thursday evening 17th October 2024 in SA
Using ‘next day public’ data in ez2view, here’s an initial replay of 7 dispatch intervals on Thursday evening 17th Oct 2024 in South Australia.
Using the ElectraNet 2024 TAPR to locate the lines with unplanned outage (on Thursday evening 17th October 2024)
Second article for Thursday evening 17th October 2024, about unplanned network outages (in severe weather) in South Australia.
Destructive Winds disrupt (and damage) transmission network in South Australia on Thursday (evening) 17th October 2024
On Thursday evening 17th October 2024, a significant weather event in South Australia has damaged the high-voltage network in SA Far North (and power supply has been impacted).
Seven transmission towers collapse near Broken Hill overnight
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.