Keep an eye on the Cumulative Price … especially in South Australia
Following recent market volatility, here’s a quick look at the current trend of Cumulative Price for each region.
Energy price volatility on 30th July 2024
Observations of price volatility on 30th July 2024.
How rare are simultaneous price spikes in all five NEM regions, like what we saw last night?
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.
Rare NEM-wide price spikes on Monday July 29th 2024
Already this evening we’ve seen a rare occurrence of price spikes in all five NEM regions simultaneously.
Bout of high prices in SA on Sunday evening July 28th 2024
The South Australian region is seeing a run of high prices, starting just after 6pm this evening.
Quarterly Reviews (for 2024 Q2) from AEMO and AER released same day … on Wednesday 24th July 2024.
On Wednesday 24th July 2024, the AEMO and AER *both* published their quarterly reviews of 2024 Q2 … here are some quick notes for future reference.
Trended NEM-wide % VRE over 12 days in June 2024
A short article in conjunction with GenInsights Quarterly Updates for 2024 Q2, trending NEM-wide % VRE over 12 days in June 2024.
Trended NEM-wide IRPM over 9 days in June 2024
A short article in conjunction with GenInsights Quarterly Updates for 2024 Q2, trending NEM-wide IRPM over 9 days in June 2024.
Will Tasmania see a new all-time maximum demand early next week?
Looking forwards to some tight supply-demand balance (and potentially record-breaking demand) for mornings early next week in Tasmania.
Has the past 7 days seen more Wind Farm output than ever before?
We’ve clocked over into Friday 26th July 2024 – here’s a quick record of how wind yield from Wind Farms across the NEM has been on a sustained high the past week.
A tale of two mega-projects: Project Energy Connect and Snowy 2.0 timelines (Part 2)
In the second half of this two-part case study we look at a timeline of the Snowy 2.0 project, and discuss the history of mega-projects in the NEM.
Changed (lower) output profile for Kogan Creek from early July 2024
A question from a WattClarity reader prompts this quick article about reduced output at Kogan Creek, and some questions about why.
Tamar Valley CCGT switches off on Tue 23rd July (after running for almost 7 weeks straight)
A quick record of Tamar Valley CCGT coming offline yesterday (Tue 23rd July 2024) after 40 days of solid operations through a low-rain and low-wind winter in Tasmania.
Has the ‘wind drought’ that plagued 2024 Q2 ended?
A quick look (on Sunday 17th July 2024) at recent NEM-wide wind production patterns into 2024 Q3.
Morning energy price volatility in SA on 18 July 2024
Spot price volatility was observed in SA on the morning of 18 July 2024.
Two news updates from CS Energy on Wed 17th July 2024 … the (final) Brady Report (about Callide C4), and the Hartz EPM Report (on the Cooling Towers)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, CS Energy released the Brady-Heywood report (about Callide C4 failure on 25th May 2021) and the HartzEPM Report (about CallideC3 failure on 31st Oct 2022) … and an Action Plan in response to both.
First operations of any BDU (Wandoan BESS) on Tuesday 16th July 2024
It’s day 1 of the CEC’s Clean Energy Summit … perhaps a fitting day to see first operations of a (single unit) bi-directional unit?!
A tale of two mega-projects: Project Energy Connect and Snowy 2.0 timelines (Part 1)
A timeline of evolving expectations for the cost, benefits, and delivery dates for Project Energy Connect – following news of recent issues surrounding the project.
Preliminary Report Released: NSW Load Shedding on 8 July 2024
A challenging sequence of events is detailed in the preliminary report on load shedding in NSW on 8 July 2024.
One more delay to Return-to-Service for Callide C4 … another 40 days added to the outage
In the last MT PASA DUID Availability data update for Friday 12th July 2024 the return to service expectation for the repaired Callide C4 unit has been delayed again another 40 days … now 50 days out, till Saturday 31st August 2024.