Darwin to Dili: The contrasting challenges in Timor-Leste during an energy transition
Dan Lee provides this write-up of a recent study tour to Timor-Leste and reflects on lessons learned about how the transition is affecting developing nations.
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QLD Market Demand reaches 9,512MW on a hot Sunday afternoon–12th February 2023
A quick look at how Market Demand peaked on a hot Sunday afternoon/evening in QLD.
RERT cost estimates released for 3 February 2023
Estimated RERT costs published, pushing past the market price cap for dispatched volumes.
Callide C4 generator stator is now at Callide Power Station
News of the arrival of another high cost replacement component (generator stator) at Callide C4 prompts me to have an updated look ... with a new feature in...
Spot volatility, and an Actual LOR1, in South Australia on Thursday 9th February 2023
Prices have subsided somewhat at the time of publication, but here's a record of some volatility earlier this evening in South Australia.
Weather! The cause of.. and solution to.. all the electricity market’s problems?
Dan Lee tracks the demand forecasts against the actual outcome in QLD last Friday afternoon. The final result was as much as ∼1,000MW lower than the maximum forecast...
Price/MWh Harvest in the 2022 Generator Statistical Digest
Nick Bartels of Greenview Strategic Consulting uses the price energy harvest metric from our GSD2022 data extract to examine the recent performance of each fuel type within the...
Investigating last Friday’s frequent frequency swings
Allan O'Neil provides an explainer about how small deviations in supply and demand are managed in the NEM, in order to help us understand the apparent swings in...
The GSD2022: A labour of love
David Leitch of ITK Services provides his top insights from the GSD2022, which he has used to look into generation mix, constraints and firming.
Demand shortfall dodges need for large demand side contributions, QLD, 3 Feburary 2023
The forecast for Friday (3 February 2023) evening’s demand was that a new all-time maximum would occur and a lack of reserve was expected. To maintain the grid...
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Hot chips, algorithms and electricity markets
Declan Kelly thinks through and discusses competition issues that could arise from the increasing proliferation of auto-bidding software by big batteries in the NEM - and suggests some...
NEMDE nightmares – parallel pathways and clashing constraints
Prompted by a question by a client in a training session for a new ez2view user, guest author Allan O'Neil has written 2,940 words to explain the price...
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