Why the directions (to 4 units) with 6 coal-fired units still online in Victoria?
We (and others) wondered, why the direction (especially for 4 units) to replace the System Strength from the ‘missing’ coal units?
We (and others) wondered, why the direction (especially for 4 units) to replace the System Strength from the ‘missing’ coal units?
We’ve only just published ‘AEMO directs 4 units on in Victoria, to cover System Strength shortfall’ … noting that, at that time, there were 3 coal units in Victoria offline. Our ‘Notifications’ widget in...
On Thursday morning 14th November 2024, the AEMO has directed 4 different units to operate, to cover a potential system strength shortfall in the Victorian region.
We earlier noted this ‘Significant (-786MW) drop in NSW demand, on Wednesday 13th November 2024’ … and, in response, a reader (KC) asked a question that inspired this article.
A short article on Wednesday afternoon, 13th November 2024 with this snapshot highlighting a drop in frequency on the mainland.
The ‘Notifications’ widget in one of our copies of ez2view triggered an alert that we’ve not seen all that often at all, flagging a 786MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the period from 10:25...
Partly prompted by a comment yesterday from a WattClarity reader (Liam), and powered by 'next day public' data, we take a look at Yallourn Power Station on Tuesday 12th November 2024.
We’ve already looked at how there was a drop in system frequency at ~10:41 NEM time (outside of the NOFB) in conjunction with trips of units at Yallourn Power Station. Well, believe it or...
Inertia levels, measured in megawatt-seconds (MWs), dropped towards the targeted secure operating level and the minimum threshold level on 12 November, 2024.
Philippe Orhan from Neoen shares this article which is adapted from his presentation about BESS bidding (and dealing with the complexity in the data) in the NEM at the recent All-Energy conference in Melbourne.
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.
Carl Daley examines the underlying conditions and outcomes that occurred last Thursday evening, the 26th of June.
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