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Originally posted by 310843B: ↑

Wholesale prices surge as wind and solar output falls to zero in South Australia

https://reneweconomy.com.au/wholesa...qRXdhqeZtlcHvwvf4g_aem_KTr8zzy3-ZB-Nrk5L_lPCw

Wholesale electricity prices surged on Monday morning in the southern states after wind and solar output in South Australia – the grid with the highest average share of the technologies – fell to zero soon after 7am.

According to various data sources, including GPE NEMLog2, the output of wind and solar fell to zero at 7.05am, just before rooftop and large scale solar kicked in to the grid. Wind output remained very low throughout the morning.
It is not the first time wind and solar have hit zero – they did so in June last year for a brief moment, according to GPE NEMLog, but the fossil fuel generators and the growing portfolio took full advantage and pushed the wholesale price towards the newly elevated market cap of $17,500 a megawatt hour in the absence of any competition.

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Not much Wind in NSW or QLD
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