NEM Volatility: A Curse or a Blessing for Grid Battery Storage?
Pan Galanis from Akaysha Energy presented the content from this article at the 'Operating in the NEM' session at All Energy in Melbourne last week.
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Big Battery Revenues in the NEM Presentation from All-Energy 2024
Alex Leemon of Gridcog delivered this presentation about Big Battery Revenues in the NEM at All-Energy in Melbourne last week.
Broken Hill BESS discharges into the Sunday evening peak (27th October 2024)
A quick update on Broken Hill - with BHB1 discharging Sunday evening 27th October 2024, and more updates from the Energy Minister.
Broken Hill BESS restarts operations (cautiously), on Saturday 26th October 2024
It was welcome news to see the Broken Hill BESS start charging this afternoon (Saturday 26th October 2024 at 15:41 NEM time).
‘Market Demand’ in NSW drops below the prior ‘lowest ever*’ point
From the 12:05 dispatch interval, today's series of SMS alerts has started from the 12:05 dispatch interval (NEM time) announcing new ‘lowest ever*’ points for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW.
Lowest ever, going lower – NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ on Saturday 26th October 2024
At 11:15 (NEM time) on Sat 26th Oct 2024 the NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ is already down at only 9,909MW (i.e. already lowest ever).
AEMO updates forecast MSL1 for Victoria for today (Saturday 26th October 2024)
At 09:01 (NEM time) on Saturday 26th October 2024 the AEMO has published MN119423 to update their forecast for MSL1 today in Victoria
Is the bottom going to fall out of ‘Market Demand’ on a NEM-wide basis tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct 2024)
We wondered what the very, very low demand forecast for NSW (on Sat 26th Oct 2024) that might mean for NEM-wide demand – so we flipped the ‘Forecast Convergence’ widgets to look at NEM-wide...
Long-term trend of monthly minimum ‘Market Demand’ in NSW … prior to forecast lowest point on Sat 26th Oct 2024
With forecasts for a very, very low level of 'Market Demand' tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct 2024) in NSW, here's a longer term trend to show how it would fit in context.
Is the bottom going to fall out of the NSW ‘Market Demand’ tomorrow (Saturday 26th October 2024)?
It was only 5 days (on Sunday 20th October 2024) when we saw a new 'lowest ever*' point for 'Market Demand' in NSW ... so we're amazed to see AEMO forecasting a low point...
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Runway cost allocation – ready for liftoff?
Allan O'Neil unpacks a proposal under consideration by the AEMC to apply “runway” cost allocation to contingency FCAS, explaining how this could materially change who pays for frequency security in the NEM.
What the hail is happening with Brisbane’s weather?
Anthony Cornelius from WeatherWatch explains the climate drivers behind Southeast Queensland’s unusually intense 2025 hail season — context that matters for those tracking how extreme weather is evolving and influencing the energy market.
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