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Market Event Report: System Separation and Load Shedding
January 16, 2007
by National Electricity Market Management Company Limited
Summary:
Andrew Chapman's comments:
The attached report clearly shows the complexity of managing the electricity grid. NEMMCO is dealing with a particular situation that resulted in the blackout last summer however it also clearly indicates why wind generated electricity cannot be dumped into the grid just because the wind's blowing at a particular time. Generators have to forecast ahead and then be bound by that as a constraint. All dumping of erratically produced wind power into the grid might do is make light bulbs glow a bit stronger from time to time.
The attached report clearly shows the complexity of managing the electricity grid. NEMMCO is dealing with a particular situation that resulted in the blackout last summer however it also clearly indicates why wind generated electricity cannot be dumped into the grid just because the wind's blowing at a particular time. Generators have to forecast ahead and then be bound by that as a constraint. All dumping of erratically produced wind power into the grid might do is make light bulbs glow a bit stronger from time to time.
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Energy Policy
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Australia / New Zealand
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