Reviewing LGC creation at Codrington Wind Farm over ~24 years
With the news that Codrington Wind Farm (one of the first in the NEM) is to be closed, we take a quick look at 24 years of history.
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Curtailment of Large Solar reaches ~72% (NEM-wide) on Sunday 16th February 2025
Given the situation that unfolded on Sunday 16th February 2025, we take a look at curtailment of Large Solar production (not quite a record).
Indicators of solar farm performance with GSD2024
Seeking indications of possible performance at solar sites announced in the CIS tender of 2024, we inspect statistics of nearby solar farms using the GSD2024.
New lowest-ever* point for NSW ‘Market Demand’ on Sunday 16th Feb 2025 was lower than AEMO’s earlier forecasts
Second article pertaining to the remarkably low level of 'Market Demand' in NSW on Sunday 16th February 2025.
‘Lowest ever*’ point for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW crashes lower, on Sunday 16th February 2025
The bottom has dropped out of the 'record minimum demand' point for NSW on Sunday 16th February 2025.
NEM Mainland Frequency wandering (somewhat more than ‘normal’) on Thursday afternoon 13th February 2025
A quick note with snapshot taken at ~15:11 on Thursday 13th February 2025 looking back at the past 6 hours of NEM Mainland Frequency.
An initial walk through contributions in South Australia on Wednesday 12th February 2025 (i.e. Part 1)
If I had time, we'd explore three separate questions we have about what happened in South Australia on Wednesday 12th February 2025. In this article we take a first pass at one of those...
Spare capacity in South Australia drops below 100MW on Wednesday evening 12th February 2025
A follow-on article focused on the 19:00 dispatch interval on Wednesday 12th February 2025 in South Australia (a very tight period for supply-demand balance).
‘Market Demand’ soars in South Australia on Wednesday evening 12th February 2025
Tuesday 12th February 2025 is seeing very high levels of 'Market Demand' into the evening in South Australia.
Whiplash abated … market oscillations stopped on Wednesday afternoon 12th February 2025
Following an earlier article (on Wednesday morning 12th February 2024) we note the end of oscillations related to the newly composed ‘N-BU_330_TX_ONE’ constraint set for an outage related to Project Energy Connect.
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Not all renewable projects are created equal: Why approval times vary dramatically across Australia
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.
Triple C conditions (cold, calm and cloudy) across the NEM last Thursday evening 26th June 2025
Carl Daley examines the underlying conditions and outcomes that occurred last Thursday evening, the 26th of June.
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