‘the ISP Step Change Scenario is divorced from reality’
A short note about some comments made by Oliver Nunn during the 'Faster than Forecast' session at Queensland Clean Energy Summit on Mon 15th Sept 2025.
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The ‘Faster than Forecast’ session in the afternoon of day 1 CEC’s QCES 2025
I thought it was worth noting a couple of observations following the afternoon session at day 1 of Queensland Clean Energy Summit, titled ‘Faster than Forecast’.
Two big climate-related documents for Australia released on Monday 15th September 2025
Whilst attending day 1 of the CEC’s ‘Queensland Clean Energy Summit 2025’ yesterday we noticed the release of the Climate Risk Assessment, and the Adaptation Plan
Frequency drop on Thursday evening 11th Sept 2025 with Tallawarra B trip
A quick article to explore a frequency drop on Thursday evening 11th September 2025.
Trended physical/technical availability of Semi-Scheduled units – aggregated
A zoomed-out view of six metrics supports understanding of physical/technical semi-scheduled generator availability.
Will I see you at the inaugural ‘NEMdev’ conference in Brisbane on Tue 7th and Wed 8th October 2025?
Worth a short note to point readers here to the current details about the conference – which is to be held in Brisbane on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th October 2025.
3.5 months after the turbine fire at Bulgana Wind Farm, we take an updated look
Combining together a bundle of different metrics related to the 'availability' of a wind farm, we take a look at what's happened at Bulgana Wind Farm over the past ~25 months.
The new ‘V_NWVIC_GFT1_750’ constraint equation binds, on Wednesday evening 10th September 2025
A short article to look at the first instance of the new ‘V_NWVIC_GFT1_750’ constraint equation binding - on Wednesday evening 10th September 2025 (not 36 hours after it had first been introduced).
Newport Power Station running, with Yallourn’s yips yielding 1 unit operations
We noticed Bruce Mountain’s comments on LinkedIn about Newport power station running overnight, so had a look in ez2view.
Noting the NERC Alert ‘Large Load Interconnection, Study, Commissioning, and Operations’
A quick note to call attention to this recent alert from NERC with respect to ‘Large Load Interconnection, Study, Commissioning, and Operations’
Guest Authored Posts
24 GW in 24 months, a race against time for the NEM
Following his presentation at All-Energy in Melbourne last week, David Dixon reports on the state of the NEM's ambition to reach 82% renewables by 2030.
The implications of the Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) and Default Market Offer (DMO) review outcome on energy sellers
In this guest-authored article, Connor James explains the upcoming changes to the DMO, including the much publicised Solar Sharer Offer (SSO), and potential implications for energy sellers in NSW, SEQ, and SA.
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