Power Outage - Fucking third world cuntry

[The_Dover]

How many hippies are there in Otahuhu?

I thought there were a few, judging by the smell of weed in the air last time I was brave enough to venture that far south.

Mind you, they didn't look like the friendliest, peace lovers in the world.

[Finn]

And the SI hydro lakes are the power houses of Auckland.

I would have said "And the SI hydro lakes provide the power for houses in Auckland" but that's just me.

On that note, we need a reason for the South Island so best keep quiet.

[idb]

On that note, we need a reason for the South Island so best keep quiet.

If we weren't here what would you call your island?

[Finn]

If we weren't here what would you call your island?

North Island. Stewart Island would be promoted.

[MacD]

nah - leave them. they're funny.

You know what's really funny? The North Island has supplied more power to the South Island over the past three months than vice versa.

See the red line in the attached figure - net northward HVDC transfer on a 7 day moving average. It's mostly negative, a southward flow!

(Source: Energylink Market Review)

[Lou Girardin]

You know what's really funny? The North Island has supplied more power to the South Island over the past three months than vice versa.

See the red line in the attached figure - net northward HVDC transfer on a 7 day moving average. It's mostly negative, a southward flow!

(Source: Energylink Market Review)

Facts like this are not helping.
If they can't feel superior to us by supplying power, what have they got left?
Oh that's right, empty roads, good weather, fewer dole bludgers.

[idb]

You know what's really funny? The North Island has supplied more power to the South Island over the past three months than vice versa.

See the red line in the attached figure - net northward HVDC transfer on a 7 day moving average. It's mostly negative, a southward flow!

(Source: Energylink Market Review)

I don't doubt you're right, but why is the HVDC north shown running at zero and the HVDC south as maximum when the net northward transfer is at it's maximum to the south (bearing in mind it IS a 7 day average)?

[terbang]

If we weren't here what would you call your island?

New Zealand

[Jantar]

I don't doubt you're right, but why is the HVDC north shown running at zero and the HVDC south as maximum when the net northward transfer is at it's maximum to the south (bearing in mind it IS a 7 day average)?

The graph is correct. HVDC transfer is either in north flow, or its in south flow. So when the North flow is averaging close to zero, and the southflow is high, then the Nett North will be at a high negative value. It is interesting that Energylink are only showing the last 3 months. This is at the end of one of the South Islands driest summer-Autumn periods. Over the past 12 months there has been a high nett North flow on the HVDC, despite the extremely dry period.

Maybe Oldrider can remeber the HVDC Pole 2 commisiioning when we had "round power". That is transferring north on one pole while transferring south on the other. Maximum north transfer was close to 820 MW and maximum south transfer was 580 MW.

[MacD]

Yes, I realise that the net flow is seasonal, it just was a useful graph for a retort.

However, you may be able to confirm whether we Aucklanders really have the Waikato and Huntly systems to thank for our power, rather than South Is generation?

[Flatcap]

If we could just get rid of the fucking hippies we could build our own nuclear power plant in Otahuhu and leave you sheep shaggers to enjoy your parochial ways.

I agree with you Dover - Nuclear power is the way to go - One should be built at Marsden Point as the landacape is rooted by the Refinery anyway, and if the thing melts down the radiation cloud will blow into the Pacific.

If only we could do something about those damn hippies.......

[Karma]

I agree with you Dover - Nuclear power is the way to go - One should be built at Marsden Point as the landacape is rooted by the Refinery anyway, and if the thing melts down the radiation cloud will blow into the Pacific.

If only we could do something about those damn hippies.......

Build an eco friendly housing development between the power plant and the pacific?

Problem solved.

[Jantar]

Yes, I realise that the net flow is seasonal, it just was a useful graph for a retort.

However, you may be able to confirm whether we Aucklanders really have the Waikato and Huntly systems to thank for our power, rather than South Is generation?

That is correct. Auckland draws most of its electrical energy from Otahuhu and Huntly, with the Waikato helping out. When the HVDC is in north flow Wellington takes the lot.

But the New Zealand grid is an integrated system and electricity generated at any one point can't really be said to be sent to any specific location. Rather its as though all generated electricity goes into one big pot called the grid, and all electricty demand is taken from that pot.

[sAsLEX]

But the New Zealand grid is an integrated system and electricity generated at any one point can't really be said to be sent to any specific location. Rather its as though all generated electricity goes into one big pot called the grid, and all electricty demand is taken from that pot.

And we are an Isolated system so an outage like that could send us in to a rather large blackout like what the states had not that long ago on the east coast!

[Karma]

Hmm... what would Brian Boitano do if he was here today? he'd make a grid for the power to go through, that's what Brian Boitano'd do...