Buronga No.5 330kV synchronous condenser has been commissioned in NSW
AEMO notes that 'At 1700 hrs 20/05/2025, the Buronga No.5 330kV synchronous condenser has been commissioned.'
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Prices up in the southern half of the NEM – on Tuesday 20th May 2025
A short article to mark a (relatively rare) instance where prices in the three southern regions of a May evening are more elevated than in QLD and NSW.
Loy Yang A3 offline on Tuesday afternoon 20th May 2025 – small frequency drop
A short note because of a 295MW drop in output from Loy Yang A3 just prior to 14:06 (NEM time) on Tuesday 20th May 2025.
My unofficial report on an unofficial ‘Energy Week’ in Melbourne 5th to 9th May 2025
From Monday 5th May to Friday 9th May 2025 was like an unofficial Energy Week in Melbourne for me, out-and-about at a few events. Here's my record of some of what happened...
Unplanned outage at Callide C3 extended by 3 days – to Monday 2nd June 2025
A short note to flag this 3-day extension to the unplanned outage at Callide C3.
Adoption and use of dispatch self-forecasting for solar units, Q1 2025
47% of dispatch intervals for semi-scheduled solar units are seeing a self-forecast used. When there are gaps, was the unit suppressed?
Early evening volatility in NSW (and QLD) on Sunday 18th May 2025
A short note to highlight some early evening volatility from 16:55 (NEM time) on Sunday 18th May 2025.
Directions up to almost five a day
In this article we delve into the indicators we can uncover which point to the increase in market interventions and generator directions over recent years.
Five (re)bids for URANQ12 on on Tuesday 13th May 2025 – Part 3 of a Case Study
On Tuesday 13th May 2025 we quickly noted a period of volatility that was mainly focused on the NSW region. Here's a third step in understanding contributing factors...
Afternoon volatility begins in NSW on Wednesday 14th May 2025
Whilst in the process of publishing a look at yesterday, I wondered about the possibility of price volatility this evening ... and that's what happened.
Guest Authored Posts
Not all renewable projects are created equal: Why approval times vary dramatically across Australia
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.
Triple C conditions (cold, calm and cloudy) across the NEM last Thursday evening 26th June 2025
Carl Daley examines the underlying conditions and outcomes that occurred last Thursday evening, the 26th of June.
Detailed Analysis
AEMO releases ‘Quarterly Energy Dynamics’ for Q4 2020
Quite a synergistic coincidence today that, at the same time as we are finalizing the release of the GSD2020, we see the AEMO publishes its Quarterly Energy Dynamics for Q4 2020.
Increasing the transparency and correctness of intermittent generation availability information to AEMO
Following up to AEMO's recent Intermittent Generator forum, Marcelle looks at the challenges for wind and solar farms in providing consistently good plant availability information to AEMO and the value of transparency of this...
PPAs aren’t as easy as they used to be!
This is the fourth of a short series of video snippets extracted from the 17th September 2020 presentation by Marcelle Gannon and Jonathon Dyson for the Clean Energy Council entitled ‘Maximising Profitability in the...
How does a wind or solar farm make money?
This is the third of a short series of video snippets extracted from the 17th September 2020 presentation by Marcelle Gannon and Jonathon Dyson for the Clean Energy Council entitled ‘Maximising Profitability in the...
Conformance and compliance–what’s the difference?
This is the second of a short series of video snippets extracted from the 17th September 2020 presentation by Marcelle Gannon and Jonathon Dyson for the Clean Energy Council entitled ‘Maximising Profitability in the...
Do you know your obligations as a Semi-Scheduled Generator?
This is the first of a short series of video snippets extracted from the 17th September 2020 presentation by Marcelle Gannon and Jonathon Dyson for the Clean Energy Council entitled 'Maximising Profitability in the...
Case Study – How to interpret a new NEM constraint and guess what it might do
Given the great interest in the new 'X5 constraint', guest author, Allan O'Neil, has invested some time to pick the new constraint equation to understand (and then explain) what it is, how likely it...
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.