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"The head of the Australian Energy Market Operator has insisted that the
organisation is not forecasting blackouts in the future – as many in the media
insist it is doing – and is in fact even more confident of a successful energy
transition after seeing the response to several major events over summer.
AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman opened the Australian Energy Week
conference in Melbourne on Wednesday by pointing to some of the significant
events that had occurred over the summer, including storms that blew down power
lines in Victoria and Western Australia, and a burst gas pipeline in
Queensland.
The biggest event was in Victoria, where the collapse of six transmission
towers caused one third of Victoria’s online generation to disconnect
immediately, including all four units of Victoria’s largest power station, Loy
Yang A.
“Our control room staff were able to reconfigure the power system to deal with
that catastrophic condition — two 500kV circuits down and the complete loss of
Victoria’s largest power station,” Westerman said.
“The bulk power system coped remarkably well, with Victoria’s interconnectors
immediately drawing power from reserves in neighbouring states.”
This, along with the other events and the massive heatwaves that set many new
demand records, underlined the fact that storms, heatwaves and unexpected
events “are a fact of life”, and that there is never a dull day in the AEMO
control room.
“But third and most importantly, that the way our industry responds to these
events, with speed, collaboration and a laser-like focus on the interests of
energy consumers, shows that as an industry, we’re absolutely capable of
dealing with the challenges of this energy transition,” he said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
