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.
Guest author Allan O’Neil examines some recent episodes of price volatility (particularly 30th July to 5th August 2024) and whether they were driven by a shortage of supply, or other factors.
Sunday 18th August 2024 sees Queensland reach a new ‘lowest’ point for ‘Market Demand’ … not quite 8 months after it saw a ‘highest ever’ point for ‘Market Demand’. Stretched at both ends, and a clear indication of the challenges of this energy transition.
A brief follow on article about Loy Yang A station, following the A4 unit trip yesterday, and unsuccessful return to service today.
A short record of a coal unit trip around the time of a system frequency drop. on Wednesday 14th August 2024.
The wet weather in Queensland has impacted solar energy production.
A quick article about evening volatility (in South Australia only?) on Tuesday 6th August 2024
A slightly longer summary (compared to this morning’s) of some evening volatility (across the NEM) on Monday evening 5th August 2024.
Following on from earlier articles about price volatility on Tue 30th July 2024 (particularly in South Australia), guest author Allan O’Neil takes a closer look at the operation of battery units in South Australia.
A quick summary of some morning volatility (particularly SA, VIC and SA) on Monday morning 5th August 2024.
Curiosity drove us to take this initial (and very quick) look at bidding behaviour, NEM-wide, across the past 14 days in relation to recent NEM-wide price volatility.
A short initial article, 5 days after Callide C3 came offline again for another forced outage … during a period that’s seen multi-region spot price volatility.
A quick snapshot of evening volatility across the NEM on Wednesday 31st July 2024.
Five key takeaways arise from an initial inspection of energy bids on the 30th July 2024, where extended periods of high energy prices eventuated.
Following recent market volatility, here’s a quick look at the current trend of Cumulative Price for each region.
Observations of price volatility on 30th July 2024.
A short examination of some of the over-arching factors at play yesterday evening – where prices spiked above $3,000/MWh in all five regions simultaneously.