Whilst not reaching the heights of curtailment of Semi-Scheduled Large Solar, on Sunday 1st September 2024 curtailment of Wind yield across the NEM reached as high as 54%.
On Sunday 1st September 2024 curtailment of Large Solar yield across the NEM reached as high as 79.2%.
A look back over the strong wind farm production over recent days, to Monday 2nd September 2024.
Overnight into Monday 2nd September 2024, the AEMO has extended its Severe Weather warning into SA, and then into VIC.
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.