Drop in NEM mainland frequency on Friday 18th October 2024 following trip of Loy Yang A2
Another 'interesting' event today ... a dip in mainland frequency with trip of Loy Yang A2.
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Olympic Dam now offline, as SA demand was already forecasted to go negative this weekend
Several media outlets are reporting that Olympic Dam in South Australia has lost power, which may cause headaches for system operators with demand in South Australia forecast to go negative this weekend.
How is the stockpile of temporary transmission towers around Australia looking?
Given recent events, we're asking a rhetorical question about how many temporary transmission towers there are currently in Australia?
A closer look at Goyder South Wind Farm on Thursday evening 17th October 2024 (not affected by the storm?)
Goyder South Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that showed a large drop in output on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look and see its cause...
Clements Gap Wind Farm still offline, on Friday morning 18th October 2024.
Clements Gap Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that appeared to trip unexpectedly on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look.
Snowtown 1 Wind Farm back online (Friday morning 18th October 2024) after being offline for >12 hours
Snowtown 1 Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that appeared to trip unexpectedly on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look.
(Initial) Replay of Thursday evening 17th October 2024 in SA
Using 'next day public' data in ez2view, here's an initial replay of 7 dispatch intervals on Thursday evening 17th Oct 2024 in South Australia.
Using the ElectraNet 2024 TAPR to locate the lines with unplanned outage (on Thursday evening 17th October 2024)
Second article for Thursday evening 17th October 2024, about unplanned network outages (in severe weather) in South Australia.
Destructive Winds disrupt (and damage) transmission network in South Australia on Thursday (evening) 17th October 2024
On Thursday evening 17th October 2024, a significant weather event in South Australia has damaged the high-voltage network in SA Far North (and power supply has been impacted).
Seven transmission towers collapse near Broken Hill overnight
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.
Guest Authored Posts
Modelling prices in a post-coal NEM: When batteries dominate the market
Paul Bandarian and David Leitch from ITK Services share modelling results for a post-coal NEM, arguing today’s electricity prices can be maintained if batteries become the dominant price-forming technology and solar is structurally supported.
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.
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