Melbourne Knowledge Week – Clean Energy Hackathon
May 2022: Our two Executive Directors really enjoyed supporting one of our clients Telstra Energy as mentors for the clean energy hackathon this week - all part of Melbourne Knowledge Week. Understanding the NEM and the software and big data behind it are core skills...
Rise of the Machines – the increasing role of software in the NEM
March 2022: On 17 March 2022 our Director of Operations Jonathon Dyson presented at the Clean Energy Council’s Wind Industry Forum in Melbourne to speak about the increasing role of auto-bidding and self-forecasting in the NEM – something we called, ‘Rise of the...
10 million reasons why we need to talk about NEM generator operations
From January 29th 2021 the limits on the civil penalty that can apply to generators increased one hundredfold to a maximum $10m. We explore what this means for wind and solar generators in this article on WattClarity, which also got picked up in Ecogeneration. The AER...
AEMO published the latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report
4 February 2021: Last week, AEMO published the latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report. Aspects that caught our eye included; * A 57% fall in average price in South Australia to $29/MWh - with negative prices accounting for $8.7 of those dollars. * It's 8 years since...
Draft Ruling for Large Wind and Solar to be Fast Tracked
On 19th November, in a bid to boost system security the AEMC decided to fast track the draft ruling that large scale solar and wind farms would be prevented from turning down or off without informing AEMO. This change further illustrates the need for owners and...
New Team Members
Overwatch is delighted to welcome Bryan Scott and Jonathon Emerick to our 24x7 operations team. They bring significant knowledge and experience in NEM trading operations, data and systems management, adding great strength, depth and diversity of skills to the team....
Come Join us at the Virtual Smart Energy Conference 9-10 September
Overwatch are taking a virtual booth at this virtual conference. It promises to be a novel experience where some of our team will be available to describe how we might be able to help you and your projects. We’d be delighted to see you and if you’d like to guarantee...
AER Issues Paper
On 24 June the AER released an “Issues Paper” on proposed rules to semi-scheduled generators. If you are already struggling with Causer Pays Factors and being in full control of your wind or solar farm 24x7 then the proposed changes in this paper will likely make...