Daniel Westerman’s address at AFR ‘Energy and Climate Summit 2024’
On Monday 21st October 2024, Daniel Westerman gave a Keynote Address at the AFR’s Energy & Climate Summit 2024. For ease of our future reference, we have copied this in here.
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Backup generator in Broken Hill offline early morning Friday 25th October 2024
The GB01 unit (the back-up genset that has been supporting the Broken Hill area the past few days) has come offline overnight – early Friday 25th October 2024:.
AEMO directions for System Strength in Victoria, on Thursday morning 24th October 2024
It's not (yet?) a frequent occurrence, so worth noting that AEMO has directed 2 units at Murray to synchronise and operate as a synchronous condenser from 08:00 (NEM time) on Thursday 24th October 2024...
Broken Hill’s backup generator back online Tuesday evening 22nd October 2024
It's Wednesday morning and the backup generator in Broken Hill (GB01) has run successfully through the night after restarting Tuesday afternoon 22nd October 2024.
Morning volatility in South Australia, on Wednesday 23rd October 2024
With All Energy 2024 commencing this morning in Melbourne our phones are buzzing with SMS alerts for price volatility in South Australia.
AEMO forecasts MSL1 in VIC for Saturday 26th October 2024
AEMO has published MN119194 on Tuesday afternoon 22nd October 2024 at 15:13 about forecast MSL1 for Victoria on Saturday 26th October 2024.
Back-up generator in Broken Hill tripped offline Monday 21st Oct, still offline Tuesday morning 22nd Oct 2024
At 16:41 (NEM time) on Monday 21st October the back-up generator in Broken Hill tripped - and is still offline on Tuesday morning 22nd October 2024.
New ‘lowest ever*’ point of NSW ‘Market Demand’, on Sunday 20th October 2024
In the following dispatch interval (11:50 on Sunday 20th October 2024) the level of 'Market Demand' fell ~200MW ... below the prior 'lowest ever*' point set a few weeks earlier.
NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’, falls below 10,000MW for the first time ever* – on Sunday 20th October 2024
On Sunday 20th October 2024 we see a new 'lowest ever*' point for NEM-wide 'Market Demand' courtesy of mild weather and gangbusters rooftop PV.
Update from the NSW government (on Sat 19th Oct 2024), on power supply restoration in in western NSW
Via an update on LinkedIn from NSW Energy Minister, we’ve become aware of this update on the NSW Government website ‘Update on NSW Government response to power outage in Far West NSW’.
Guest Authored Posts
24 GW in 24 months, a race against time for the NEM
Following his presentation at All-Energy in Melbourne last week, David Dixon reports on the state of the NEM's ambition to reach 82% renewables by 2030.
The implications of the Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) and Default Market Offer (DMO) review outcome on energy sellers
In this guest-authored article, Connor James explains the upcoming changes to the DMO, including the much publicised Solar Sharer Offer (SSO), and potential implications for energy sellers in NSW, SEQ, and SA.
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