Worth a short note, given the alerts from ez2view have continued to buzz in recent days, as the AEMO continues to update forecast LOR2 warnings for both QLD and NSW regions for Thursday 7th November 2024.
Friday afternoon 1st November 2024 our copies of ez2view did alert us to the restart of the STWF1 unit, just prior to the 16:40 dispatch interval (NEM time).
With the AEMO’s overview of its Minimum System Load ‘hot off the press’ on Friday 1st Nov 2024 – there’s forecasts for MSL1 on Sat 2nd, Sun 3rd and Tue 5th Nov 2024.
The AEMO’s publication today (Fri 1st Nov 2024) of their ‘Victorian Minimum System Load Procedure Overview’ 3-page PDF document will be well received.
Some wobbles in System Frequency (NEM mainland) through the middle of the day on Thursday 31st October 2024 stick out, and will be progressively explored.
A brief look into whether rooftop PV forecast were the driver behind the demand forecast glitch on 29 October 2024.
James Tetlow of Overwatch Energy shares this article which is adapted from his presentation about BESS operations in the NEM at the recent All-Energy conference in Melbourne.
As of 8:41pm Broken Hill time (ACDT) 31 Oct, Transgrid confirmed the power line linking Broken Hill to the HV transmission network was energised.
A short (and belated) article with respect to a sizeable error in P30 predispatch forecast for ‘Market Demand’ in QLD on Tuesday evening 29th October 2024;
AEMO says … at 12:00 on Thursday 31st October 2024, the Buronga No.4 330kV synchronous condenser has been commissioned
Some good news I saw (on Wednesday morning 30th Oct 2024) was that Broken Hill might be reconnected to the wider grid (albeit on the temporary towers for now) as early as this Saturday 2nd November 2024 – via this LinkedIn update from Penny Sharpe, Energy Minister.
Prompted by a client question, here’s a quick look at some of the Project Energy Connect (PEC Stage 1) related constraint sets.
A map of where the eight separate transmission tower incidents have occurred over the past five years.
AEMO’s broadcast today of an MSL1 alert for a weekday next week (albeit Melbourne Cup) is notable
A short article to flag a two rapid (and noticeable) fluctuations in Mainland Frequency that we spotted this afternoon/evening on Tuesday 29th October 2024.
A brief collation of several key events over recent years in the development and early operations of the Broken Hill BESS.
A quick update on Broken Hill – with BHB1 discharging Sunday evening 27th October 2024, and more updates from the Energy Minister.
It was welcome news to see the Broken Hill BESS start charging this afternoon (Saturday 26th October 2024 at 15:41 NEM time).
From the 12:05 dispatch interval, today’s series of SMS alerts has started from the 12:05 dispatch interval (NEM time) announcing new ‘lowest ever*’ points for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW.
At 11:15 (NEM time) on Sat 26th Oct 2024 the NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ is already down at only 9,909MW (i.e. already lowest ever).