A short note to record a large-size drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the Queensland region on Tuesday morning 14th October 2025, as captured in this ez2view ‘Notification’ widget alert at 07:31 (NEM time).
Given that we’ve written about that outage several times before, worth noting that Eraring Unit 3 came back online Sunday evening 12th October 2025.
There was a short-lived (but interesting) price spike for ENERGY in the NSW region on Friday evening 10th October 2025. Here's a first look.
A quick initial look at two lengthy periods of Non-Conformance at Aldoga Solar Farm on Sunday 12th October, with the first period seeing large negative Dispatch Error, and a blip in system frequency.
It was no surprise that social media lit up with reports of voltage fluctuations having been detected more recently on the Spanish Grid, as reported by Red Eléctrica (the TSO).
As something we might refer back to later, here’s a 4-hour trend of NEM Mainland Grid Frequency on Sunday 12th October 2025 – from 09:00 to 13:00 (NEM time).
Worth noting that Saturday 11th October 2025 saw Bayswater Unit 2 perform the two-shift shuffle again.
One day after the conclusion of the inaugural NEMdev 2025 conference (during which the CIS was discussed), the announcement was made of the winners of the Tender Round 4 of the Capacity Investment Scheme.
Today (Friday 10th October 2025), the State LNP Government has released its ‘Queensland Energy Roadmap 2025’ as the replacement for the prior Labor Government’s QEJP.
Dan shares a short reflection on three high-level themes that resonated throughout the NEMDEV conference in Brisbane this week. From winter reliability to rising costs and market reform, the discussions raised important questions about...
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.
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.
Still trying to make sense of what did and didn't happen in QLD last night, Dan Lee provides some context to how yesterday's record-breaking demand compares to similar historical events.
With Challicum Hills Wind Farm recently celebrating its 20th anniversary, Dan Lee takes a look into the long-term trend of technical and commercial performance of the oldest wind farms in the NEM.
Yesterday (Thu 22nd Dec 2023), Dan Lee posted a summary of WattClarity service through 2023 on our company website. Today I'm sharing that with WattClarity readers here.
The second part of an ongoing case study examining two successive days of low VRE generation in early July 2023. This part examines IRPM, earlier forecasts of available generation and maps the availability by...
A brief article as a first Case Study looking at Mon 3rd and Tue 4th July 2023, in conjunction with the compilation of GenInsights Quarterly Updates for 2023 Q3.
A year ago we reviewed the market outcomes of wholesale demand response (WDR) in the NEM. It’s been 2 years now, providing a new milestone from which to review participation and impact. Can we...
Dan Lee looks into utility-scale storage in Queensland - including the need for megawatt-hours, the state of the build-out, and the current market price signal for duration.
A quick note to mark the the release of GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q2 2023 last week.