Eraring Unit 1 comes offline for Economiser Tube Leak
Roughly 48 hours after Eraring unit 2 came back online (Sat 25th May 2024), Eraring unit 1 has come offline (Mon 27th May 2024) on a forced outage.
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The ‘N::N_CTYS_2’ constraint equation will be invoked for another 11 days … out till Friday 7th June 2024
The AEMO has extended the scheduled invocation of the 'N-CTYS_3L_WG_CLOSE' constraint set (which contains the ‘N::N_CTYS_2’ constraint equation - one factor in the outcomes on Wed 8th May 2024).
There might be a sustained burst of wind generation to finish off the month of May 2024
AEMO's ST PASA forecasts suggests that we might see a ~3 day period of stronger aggregate production from wind farms across the NEM to finish off the month or May 2024.
Low aggregate wind yield after sunset continues – Sunday 26th May 2024
The pattern of low aggregate wind production in the evenings after sunset (whilst demand is still peaking) continues ... into Sunday 26th May 2024.
Eraring Unit 2 makes it back online, Saturday evening 25th May 2024
Eraring Unit 2 commenced return to service on Saturday afternoon 25th May 2024.
Low wind yield (again!) during sunset … this time Saturday evening 25th May 2024
For (at least) the third evening in a row (i.e. after sunset, and in line with evening peak in demand) aggregate production from all wind farms across the NEM has been quite low ......
Low wind again on Friday 24th May 2024 … how low was wind yield for April and May?
A similar situation to wrap the working week (on Friday 24th May 2024) with low wind yield across the NEM persisting.
Also <40 days till the return of Barron Gorge
A quick update on the return to service expectation on Barron Gorge hydro power station.
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.
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.
Guest Authored Posts
We need more research on storage trading
In this guest post, Greg Williams calls for more research into how storage bidding—particularly auto-rebidding—is reshaping price formation and competition as flexible assets take centre stage in the NEM.
Battery bidding is reshaping FCAS — But Demand Response remains a strategic asset
Paul Moore of Viotas look at recent supply-demand dynamics within the contingency FCAS markets and whether demand response can play a role.
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