Very Fast FCAS, because it operates at a faster timescale, can arrest the rise or fall in frequency more rapidly than the current fast service and therefore provides an avenue to mitigate the costs...
Today the Australian Energy Regulator released its annual 'State of the Energy Market' report that highlighted rising retail prices and a higher concentration of flexible generation asset ownership.
Echoing a question we've been asked - about the extent to which rooftop PV has been curtailed as a result of these minimum demand points.
Looking back at yesterday (Sun 1st Oct 2023) it appears to also have seen a lowest point for NEM-wide demand by both measures ... lower than the low point set ~2 weeks prior.
Also noteworthy on Sunday 1st October 2023 was a lower point for 'minimum demand' seen in South Australia ... with 'Market Demand' down to -37MW and 'Operational Demand' down to 5MW (just above 0MW)
Sunday 1st October 2023 and the 'minimum demand' point for the QLD region (measured by 'Market Demand') has fallen lower still on a sunny spring long weekend.
On Friday 29th September 2023 we look back at Kogan Creek via 'Bids & Offers' in ez2view over 20 days to see what's visible, in terms of any impact of the current Industrial Action
A short article Thursday evening 28th September 2023 with the battery back online and charging, after the fire.
A quick article, following a social media update by CS Energy on the repair process for the cooling towers at Callide C.
Yesterday (Tue 26th Sept 2023) we saw Kogan Creek drop offline for a few hours - and were asked if this was related to industrial action. Here, with the benefit of 'next day public'...
In this guest article, Matt Grover from Fluence draws on operational data and real-world trading experience to unpack how Australia’s grid-scale batteries performed across three June 2025 peak days — and what capabilities belong...
With the Queensland state government’s new energy roadmap due out tomorrow, Greg Elkins highlights how distorted signals and state interventions expose a new NEM failure.
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