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
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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’
Wobbles at Yallourn unit 4
A brief look at recent operational challenges at Yallourn unit 4.
Highlighting particular (frequency and/or AggROT) events through 2024 and 2025
In this article, we tie together various events since 1st January 2024 that featured either System Frequency outside the NOFB and large AggROT for Semi-Scheduled assets.
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Runway cost allocation – ready for liftoff?
Allan O'Neil unpacks a proposal under consideration by the AEMC to apply “runway” cost allocation to contingency FCAS, explaining how this could materially change who pays for frequency security in the NEM.
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.
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