Weathering the Storm: Victoria’s Record-Breaking Energy Day
Perhaps unrealised by many, but Tuesday afternoon's events in Victoria resulted in a new record low in terms of number of coal units being online in the region, Geoff Eldridge explores.
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A major blackout left 500,000 Victorian homes without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient
Dr Roger Dargaville from the Monash Energy Institute argues that Tuesday's events in Victoria were a showing of a system resilience, and not fragility.
[SLIGHTLY UPDATED] a sequence of events for what happened in Victoria through the day on Tuesday 13th February 2024 (via Timescale #1)
In this article we’ll have a first pass at what happened in Victoria on Tuesday 13th February 2024 at a DI-by-DI level ... which we call ‘Timeline #1’ level – noting will go more...
Part 2: Too much rooftop PV in SA, almost, as forecast for 15th February 2024
An an elevated risk of the contingent disconnection of Distributed PV resurfaces for SA on 15 February 2024 with market notice 114743.
Too much rooftop PV in SA, almost, as forecast for 15th February 2024
Market notice 114741 cancelled the notice of a high risk of curtailment of distributed PV in SA on 15 February 2024.
AFR reports about $300M insurance claim refused, for Callide C4
Following on just one day after CS Energy released an abridged report on the failure of Callide C4, the AFR reports about insurance problems.
Loy Yang A4 commences return to service ~26 hours after trip on Tue 13th Feb 2024
The third (of 4) units at Loy Yang A that tripped on Wed 13th Feb 2024 is beginning to return to service ~26 hours afterwards.
Some *initial* headline questions following the transmission damage, unit trips & loss of load, initiated on Tuesday 13th February 2024
What happened yesterday (Tue 13th Feb 2024) in Victoria was a significant event in the history of the NEM - and the flow on effects will be felt for weeks and months (even years?)....
A look into minimum generation levels at various coal plants, using the GSD2023
Nick Bartels from Greenview Strategic Consulting uses the GSD2023 to examine minimum and maximum generation levels at various coal and gas plants in the market.
Another tower collapse poses more questions about transmission
The sixth transmission tower failure within the NEM in almost four years, has prompted further questions about the physical network and its resilience to severe convective winds.
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What the hail is happening with Brisbane’s weather?
Anthony Cornelius from WeatherWatch explains the climate drivers behind Southeast Queensland’s unusually intense 2025 hail season — context that matters for those tracking how extreme weather is evolving and influencing the energy market.
Why network outages matter for generator and storage revenue, risk and investment decisions
Nadali Mahmoudi from EPEC Group presents a short case study to show why network-outage modelling is essential for understanding revenue opportunities, curtailment risk and long-term investment decisions.
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