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Author: Paul McArdle

Recapping some of the highlights of 2020 for us … our 21st year of operations

December 30, 2020
| Status Updates

As our 21st year of operations (i.e. the year 2020) draws to a close, what a year it has been … both internally and externally. In the quietness before activity picks up again next week, I thought it would be of value compiling this reflection on (some of) the highlights.

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Posted in Status Updates Tagged Asset Catalog, deSide, ez2viewAustralia, GRC2018, GRC2020, GSD2019, GSD2020, NEM-Review, NEM-Watch, Overwatch Energy, recruitment, WattClarity

Seeking to understand the multi-region islanding event on Saturday 25th August

September 6, 2018
| Media Reference

On Saturday 25th August 2018, the NEM experienced what has been called by others a “near miss” event, with both Queensland and South Australia being islanded from the rest of the NEM as a result of the tripping of QNI and Heywood interconnectors (respectively). I saw this happened on the day, so had time to…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Extending understanding, ez2view, Journalist, NEM-Watch, transmission trip, WattClarity

A tight supply/demand balance in NSW over the week (4th June to 8th June 2018) triggers various activity

June 9, 2018
| Media Reference

Over the prior week (Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June 2018), the NSW region – and, to a lesser extent, the broader NEM – experienced a tight supply/demand balance. In response to what was happening during the week, we saw a range of activity ourselves, including: (1)  One-on-one questions with clients Our prime focus…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Clarity, Customers come first, Extending understanding, Generation Company, Journalist, NEM-Review, NEM-Watch, Price Volatility, Relentless improvement, WattClarity

“The Australian” used NEM-watch Live Generation widget to illustrate fuel mix

September 7, 2017
| Media Reference

In his article “Rush to renewables as coal cools” in the Australian on Thursday 7th September, Andrew White used a reproduction of the RenewEconomy-sponsored NEM-Watch Fuel Type Widget to help his readers understand the fuel mix that was occurring for one 5-minute period (the 16:30 “dispatch interval”) the previous day.  The widget also has been…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Extending understanding, Journalist, Live Generation Widget, NEM-Watch, RenewEconomy Widget, The Australian

The Advertiser uses the NEM-watch Widget in explanation

July 31, 2017
| Media Reference

Monday 31st July 2017 was a day (one of an increasing number in recent years) when dispatch prices for energy in South Australia dropped below $0/MWh – and, in this case, down to the Market Floor of -$1,000/MWh for the 13:30 dispatch interval. We posted two images from NEM-Watch v10 on WattClarity here, to help…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Extending understanding, Journalist, Making complexity understandable, NEM-Watch, WattClarity, Wind

References to WattClarity “astonishing Q2 prices” article referenced in various locations

July 7, 2017
| Media Reference

On Thursday 6th July 2017, I posted this analysis on WattClarity ® about some “off the chart” movements in average prices, and pricing patterns, across all 5 regions of the NEM – but most pronounced in VIC, TAS and SA.  This analysis was performed using NEMreview v6. Following from this, we saw the analysis referenced…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Extending understanding, Journalist, Making complexity understandable, NEM-Review

References to Wattclarity “wind drought” article in newspaper reports

July 4, 2017
| Media Reference

On Friday 30th June 2017, I posted this analysis on WattClarity ® about the low levels of aggregate wind production seen across the NEM through June 2017. Matt Chambers, resources reporter at The Australian picked up this article and added additional comments in his article “Lack of wind blows out South Australia power costs” on…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Extending understanding, Journalist, Making complexity understandable

About media quote on solar panels being “mostly useless” late in the day

February 12, 2017
| Media Reference

During the national heatwave of February 2016, we fielded many calls from journalists and saw an increasing number of parties use (or embed) a variety of our bite-sized widgets, all focused at making some aspects of complexity more understandable. One of the conversations I had with a journalist let to being quoted over the weekend…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Journalist, Making complexity understandable, WattClarity

Image of NEM-Watch used to illustrate 7:30 Report story on Basslink outage of 2016

June 4, 2016
| Media Reference

One of our team members was surprised, last night (i.e. Friday 3rd June 2016) to see an old image of an old version of NEM-Watch (from way back in 2007) used to illustrate how Tasmania would normally be interconnected to the mainland by the sub-sea HVDC (high-voltage direct current) link connecting into the Latrobe Valley in Victoria….

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged NEM-Watch, WattClarity

Journalist asks for insight about “free energy”

March 20, 2016
| Media Reference

The electricity supply industry is currently the subject of much conjecture about how the future might unfold. One such scenario involves the possibility that the cost of solar and storage will continue past patterns of decline to the point where the cost of each becomes negligible.  Software industry veteran Mike Cannon Brooks commented on this…

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Posted in Media Reference Tagged Clarity, Clear, Energy Market Evolution, Journalist, Market Reform, Trusted
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