AEMO notes that 'it has determined that an administered price period will commence at the trading interval starting 0520 on 17 August 2025' for FCAS in South Australia. We take a quick look...
A quick first look, following the loss of 292MW of 'Market Demand' in Tasmania to 14:11 (NEM time) on Saturday 16th August 2025.
Briefly recapping some of the news pertaining to Eraring Power Station over the past two days.
A belated note that the AEMC published a draft report on their review of the (nearly 4 year old) WDRM initiative - and noting that submissions close today.
We use the elements available dataset to better understand turbines available at Bulgana in recent months.
Worth noting, as I've just become aware, that submissions close tomorrow on AEMO's consultation on Primary Frequency Response (PFR) Test Guidelines for Semi-Scheduled Plant
Earlier today we posted an article about Tamar Valley CCGT getting a run. We should also have noted about Basslink flows, which we have done here.
Monday evening 11th Aug 2025 a ‘unit start’ alert in the ‘Notifications’ widget of ez2view with respect to the TVCC201 unit triggered. We take a look.
We saw first output from the HUNTER1 unit (the first of two at Snowy Hydro's new peaker) on Sunday 27th July 2025. So we're looking a little further, in this article.
On Sunday 3rd Aug 2025 there (appears to have been) a fire at Reece Power Station, and both units tripped. We saw REECE1 return to service Friday evening, but REECE2 looks set for a...
Oliver Nunn from Endgame Economics argues that we must begin to think about the distribution of prices in the NEM as a function of weather.
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.
A map of where the eight separate transmission tower incidents have occurred over the past five years.
A summary of the key challenges facing standalone solar and wind farms over the past several years, along with discussion and thoughts about whether new rules surrounding hybrids systems will address these.
After skimming through the last twenty editions of the ESOO over the past couple of days, Dan shares some thoughts about what has and hasn't changed over the years.
In the second half of this two-part case study we look at a timeline of the Snowy 2.0 project, and discuss the history of mega-projects in the NEM.
A timeline of evolving expectations for the cost, benefits, and delivery dates for Project Energy Connect - following news of recent issues surrounding the project.
A view of cumulative total wind production in Q2, highlighting a lack of spatial resource diversity, and the future challenges for gas and long-duration storage.
A compiled list of development projects delayed or leaving the market in between the ESOO2023 and its update released two weeks ago. Along with some analysis of longer term trends with the development pipeline.
Following a presentation with the CEC, Linton shared some insights into FCAS Regulation costs for wind and solar units over last calendar year.