Has the ‘wind drought’ that plagued 2024 Q2 ended?
A quick look (on Sunday 17th July 2024) at recent NEM-wide wind production patterns into 2024 Q3.
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Morning energy price volatility in SA on 18 July 2024
Spot price volatility was observed in SA on the morning of 18 July 2024.
Two news updates from CS Energy on Wed 17th July 2024 … the (final) Brady Report (about Callide C4), and the Hartz EPM Report (on the Cooling Towers)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, CS Energy released the Brady-Heywood report (about Callide C4 failure on 25th May 2021) and the HartzEPM Report (about CallideC3 failure on 31st Oct 2022) ... and an Action...
First operations of any BDU (Wandoan BESS) on Tuesday 16th July 2024
It's day 1 of the CEC's Clean Energy Summit ... perhaps a fitting day to see first operations of a (single unit) bi-directional unit?!
A tale of two mega-projects: Project Energy Connect and Snowy 2.0 timelines (Part 1)
A timeline of evolving expectations for the cost, benefits, and delivery dates for Project Energy Connect - following news of recent issues surrounding the project.
Preliminary Report Released: NSW Load Shedding on 8 July 2024
A challenging sequence of events is detailed in the preliminary report on load shedding in NSW on 8 July 2024.
One more delay to Return-to-Service for Callide C4 … another 40 days added to the outage
In the last MT PASA DUID Availability data update for Friday 12th July 2024 the return to service expectation for the repaired Callide C4 unit has been delayed again another 40 days ... now...
Forecast evening IRPM next week healthy … despite ‘ferocious Tasman Low’
A quick look at forecast 'Market Demand' and NEM-wide IRPM for next week ... with Ben Domensino writing about a 'Ferocious Tasman Low to hit southeast Australia next week'
Tamar Valley CCGT clocks over 5 weeks of almost continuous operation at full load in Winter 2024 … but hydro storages still not great
Five weeks on from the re-start of production at Tamar Valley CCGT, it's still running (and water storage levels in TAS are still low).
Final figures for wind production through 2024 Q2
We've ticked over the end of 2024 Q2, so here's a short note to recap the long-range wind production statistics.
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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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