A large collection of articles pertaining to the ongoing ‘Energy Transition’ in any of a number of ways.
Specific sub-categories relate to such things as Coal Closure, and other aspects of the transition.
An article in the print version of the AFR this morning (asking more question about the achievability of the closure of Eraring in 2027) prompts some more head scratching.
It was the RenewEconomy article some weeks ago that initially drew our attention to this White Paper ‘The Role of Grid-Forming Inverters in Providing Inertia (in the NEM)’ from Tesla Energy - but we...
Today's MT PASA update features forecast tight supply-demand balance in both the SA and NSW regions at various times - in terms of both annual Unserved Energy, and Low Reserve Conditions.
Coincident with last week's CEC's QCES in Brisbane, the Federal Government announced 16 winners for 'Tender 3' of the Capacity Investment Scheme.
Prompted by a presentation from CleanCo’s Rimu Nelson at the Queensland Energy Summit, Dan examines how operational and bidding patterns at Wivenhoe and Swanbank E have evolved since CleanCo assumed control in 2019.
We noticed Bruce Mountain’s comments on LinkedIn about Newport power station running overnight, so had a look in ez2view.
A quick note to call attention to this recent alert from NERC with respect to ‘Large Load Interconnection, Study, Commissioning, and Operations’
It was no surprise at all to open the AFR and see 4 different analysts quoted in voicing their concerns about the unrealistic notion that Eraring can close in 2027 ... or perhaps even...
In this article we take a look at operations of Waratah BESS through August 2025 - including some large Dispatch Errors on several days: (a) including Fri 29th Aug 2025, and how WTAH1 apparently...
An article in the Australian by Colin Packham prompts a look in AEMO data about expectations for when Tamar Valley CCGT might be switched off.
The (concerning) frequency spike across the NEM in the middle of the day (Tuesday 19th August 2025) has triggered many proximate questions - understandable - but also has raised these 3 Broader Questions.
Amongst the news articles this morning that are energy related was one noting a possible delay to the closure of Torrens Island. We take a quick look...
Oliver Nunn from Endgame Economics argues that we must begin to think about the distribution of prices in the NEM as a function of weather.
Briefly recapping some of the news pertaining to Eraring Power Station over the past two days.
We use the elements available dataset to better understand turbines available at Bulgana in recent months.
We saw first output from the HUNTER1 unit (the first of two at Snowy Hydro's new peaker) on Sunday 27th July 2025. So we're looking a little further, in this article.
The Waratah Super Battery System Integrity Protection Scheme (SIPS) was enabled by TransGrid at last Friday 1st August 2025. This prompts this look back on operations thus far.
Transgrid's Project Assessment Conclusions Report for System Strength assessed more than 100 individual solutions aimed at helping to meet its system strength obligations under the National Electricity Rules.
As the technologies underpinning the power system change, so too must the approach to supporting system restart.
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.