~13 months later, a GSD2024-inspired review of operations at Cohuna Solar Farm through 2024
We're reviewing a draft of the GSD2024 (release coming soon), and a 9-month outage at Cohuna Solar Farm in 2024 jumped out at us and prompted questions ...
All Posts
PEC Stage 1 in operation – be careful what you wish for
Guest author Allan O'Neil looks at how operation of Project EnergyConnect Stage 1 may affect market outcomes, with some early indications that impacts won't be as straightforward as...
NSW ‘market demand’ climbing (Tuesday afternoon 28th January 2025) but not to extremes
An updated view (at 13:55) of the NSW region on a hot summer's afternoon on Tue 28th Jan 2025.
With heat building, is NSW the one to watch today? (Tuesday 28th January 2025)
A short article looking ahead to the afternoon/evening for NSW on Tuesday 28th January 2025.
QLD ‘Market Demand’ reached 10,897MW on Friday 24th January 2025 (3rd highest day ever)
We’ve checked with NEMwatch in this snapshot for the 18:35 dispatch interval (NEM time) on Friday 24th January 2025 and we see that the ‘Market Demand’ reached 10,897MW...
QLD ‘Market Demand’ passes 10,500MW at 16:45 on Friday 24th January 2025 and is climbing
Contemplating the end of the day, and looming sunset, a quick look at NEMwatch at 16:45 NEM time to see the ‘Market Demand’ at 10,543MW and climbing.
A quick review of Queensland bidding over recent days (incl Wed 22nd Jan 2025)
Whilst we're waiting to see where 'Market Demand' lands for Friday 24th January 2025 (we might report that later), I was curious in terms of supply-side performance of...
Reintroduction of ‘forecast LOR2’ for QLD for Friday 24th January 2025, with strengthening forecast for ‘Market Demand’
An updated view (via ‘Forecast Convergence’ in ez2view) for forecast demand for QLD on Friday afternoon/evening 24th January 2025 ... and reintroduction for 'forecast LOR2'.
The two rare events that drove NEM wind power in 2024
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone discusses how the the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and a rare sudden stratospheric warming impacted the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and wind generation during...
A three-day trend of the supply-side ‘Fuel Mix’ in Queensland–Mon 20th, Tue 21st and Wed 22nd January 2025
Here's a 3-day trend chart from ez2view to look at the trended half-hourly* fuel mix in the Queensland region including Wednesday 22nd January 2025.
Guest Authored Posts
The top 10 batteries under FPP
In his second article, Jack Fox uses the Non Financial Operation (NFO) data to take a look specifically at batteries, and how they would have performed under FPP.
An initial look at Winners and Losers from Frequency Performance Payments (FPP)
In his first article, Jack Fox reports some initial observations from a review of the Non Financial Operations (NFO) data that's been published since Dec 2024.
Detailed Analysis
Semi-scheduled generation–what are the real issues?
Marcelle digs into the data to find out what the real issues are in the AER's proposed rule change for semi-scheduled generators.
Feedback we have received about the 2019 edition of our Generator Statistical Digest
Just over 4 months have passed since the release of the Generator Statistical Digest 2019. We take a look back at some of the compliments and comments we've...
Analytical challenge – recognising the separate components in Risk, and their influence
A simple refresher on two core components that combine in order to define risk - probability and consequence.
First look at South Australia islanded on Saturday evening, 16th Nov 2019
A first (and perhaps only - as this took longer than initially planned) walk through some of the interesting points of what happened yesterday (Sat 16th Nov 2019)...
Two big reasons why we’re engaging in forensic analysis of NEM events
There are a number of reasons why we're completing the analysis we are sharing via WattClarity - here are two big ones.
Do you know of people who can help us?
Readers at WattClarity might recall that we have asked the question above a couple of times in recent weeks – and a big thanks to those who responded...
5 FAQs we’re asked about the Generator Report Card (for discussion at AIE this evening)
We've been invited by the Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) to speak this evening in Sydney about some of the lessons learnt in the process of completing our...
Villain #5 – not focusing on the real problems
Fifteen months after first speaking at Clean Energy Summit about the train wreck that's ongoing in terms of our mismanaged energy transition (and coincident with another industry gathering...