Callide C updates – operations (<40 days till RTS!), and in the courts
At the end of an eventful week in the NEM, here's an update on a few fronts with respect to Callide C.
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NEM-wide aggregate wind yield under 500MW on Thursday evening 23rd May 2024
As the sun sets on Thursday 23rd May 2024 (the day of the announcement of the extension to the Eraring service life) we see aggregate wind yield dropping below 500MW.
Eraring Power Station extension now in MT PASA DUID Availability data
A short follow-on article to this morning's (about the notice of extension to service for Eraring Power Station) reflecting the update of AEMO data.
Eraring Power Station closure delayed by 2 years (or maybe 4?)
Thursday morning 23rd May 2024 saw a media News Conference and announcement that Eraring closure will be delayed until August 2027 ... or possibly as far out as August 2029.
A brief look at NSW volatility at 18:10 on Monday 20th May 2024
A question from a WattClarity reader this morning prompts this quick-and-cryptic review of NSW price volatility at 18:10 on Monday 20th May 2024, and particular output profile of Queanbeyan BESS
AEMO publishes a tender for Interim Reliability Reserves (i.e. Reserve Trader)
Following today's publication of the AEMO has also called for ‘Interim Reliability Reserves’ for summer 2024-25.
AEMO releases an update to the 2023 ESOO on Tuesday 21st May 2024
It's Tuesday 21st May 2024 and the AEMO has published an update to the 2023 ESOO ... about 8 months since the publication of the prior release, and 4 months before the 2024 ESOO....
Vales Point 6 unit back online earlier than expected … Tuesday morning 21st May 2024
On Tuesday morning 21st May 2024 the Vales Point 6 unit has returned to service, ~2 days earlier than earlier expectations.
Price volatility in NSW on Monday evening 20th May 2024
A short record of some evening volatility in NSW on Monday 20th May 2024.
Softening of LOR forecasts for NSW in ST PASA and P30
Since the update Saturday morning, the Market Notices (relating to forecast LOR* in NSW on [some day]) have continued ... here's an update.
Guest Authored Posts
The challenge of imperfect foresight: Storage operation in a highly renewable NEM
Josh Boegheim from Powerlink discusses the limitations of perfect foresight assumptions for system planning—and shares results from a recent study that simulated energy storage dispatch using deterministic and stochastic forecasting approaches.
The growing NEM BESS fleet: Who is controlling all this capacity, anyway?
Matt Grover from Fluence shares insights into the NEM's growing big battery fleet and what it means for the market and their operators. This article follows on from his keynote at the ESS two...
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