Hiccups continue, at Loy Yang A4 (Part 2)
Following the 4th successive trip/outage at Loy Yang A4 in recent days - and updating Tuesday's earlier article.
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The early wind farms reaching 20 years: how are they performing?
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.
Inverter fire at EPIC Energy’s Mannum 2 Solar Farm
An article from RenewEconomy alerts me to yesterday's fire at the (in commissioning) Mannum Solar Farm 2 in South Australia. We take a quick initial look.
What’s been happening at Stanwell unit 1 since September 2023? (Part 1)
Today we take a look back at the operation of Stanwell unit 1 over the past 3 years ... but particularly since its return from a Major Outage in September 2023
Hiccups at Loy Yang A4 (Part 1)
A quick look at 3 successive trips at Loy Yang A4 in returning back from a recent forced outage.
2023-24 GenCost consultation draft released – just before Xmas 2023
A short (and belated) article about the CSIRO's GenCost draft report ... and some associated media coverage.
A first look at ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Saturday 6th January 2024
A quick look back at Saturday 6th January 2024 in South Australia - and the case of an unforecast drop in 'Market Demand'
An initial review of Cohuna Solar Farm through 2023 – including bushfire effects (related to electrical equipment onsite?)
Noting an earlier article on PV Magazine about a direction from Energy Safe Victoria relating to the Cohuna Solar Farm, we take a quick initial look at operations in the AEMO market data.
Two (of four) Major Rectification Outages at Yallourn performed. Have they improved plant performance (Part 1)?
Remembering a question that were were asked by a client in December 2023 (about Yallourn power station) we take a quick look at the start of 2024.
Out with a bang or a whimper? And a puzzle or two.
Guest author Allan O'Neil continues our series of posts on very low system demand levels in South Australia and Victoria on New Year's Eve, with a few unresolved questions remaining
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Aligning business cases with the current, and future, reality
Following his presentation at the CEC's Wind Industry Forum, Jonathon Dyson shares lessons learned from helping developers and operators of wind projects in solidifying their business case.
Do we have enough gas to wait until nuclear comes along?
Tristan Edis of Green Energy Markets discusses the practicalities of the gap that must be filled by the gas sector under the nuclear power timeline proposed by the Federal Opposition.
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