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"Australia’s biggest coal generator AGL Energy has reported success with a
ground breaking initiative that will allow it to shut down coal units in the
middle of the day, effectively making way for rooftop and large scale solar to
dominate the grid.
The first trials have been held at AGL’s Bayswater generator, next to the
already shuttered Liddell facility in the Hunter Valley, and involves a process
called “two-shifting” – meaning it takes a unit offline and brings it back
online within a 12 hour period.
The milestone was reported by Len McLachlan, the head of AGL operations at
Bayswater, who said his team had learned from a visit last year to the
Ratcliffe coal fired power station in the UK, which switched off for the last
time on Tuesday morning (Australian time), ending a near 143 year era of coal
generation in the UK.
“Our team desynchronised 20 seconds ahead of the 10am target and resynchronised
within 50 seconds of the 3pm target. This level of precision on our first
attempt is extraordinary and sets a new benchmark for our operations,”
McLachlan wrote on LinkedIn.
Energy industry insiders said the significance of this development – which
appears to have occurred on Saturday, September 7 – should not be
underestimated."
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
