… and whilst we are talking about high points for ‘Market Demand’, here’s a snapshot from NEMwatch at 17:35 with the NEMwide demand level at 32,840MW (by that measure):
At this point, that’s a little below the highest point thus far today (32,921MW at 17:05) … but again let’s see what happens as rooftop PV sets for the evening… (almost gone in Brisbane now).
Clearly we can see the three large regions are each well out of their ‘green zone’ in terms of the relative range of demand.
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Victoria experiences a large blackout in the afternoon and evening of 16 January 2007, when bush fires cause three main transmission lines to trip. This created chaos throughout much of Melbourne, and represented perhaps the most significant stress the NEM…
A review of the high demand periods over summer 2017/18 highlights the important contribution renewable generation is making to meeting peak demand and addressing the reliability of the power system.
2 Commentson "NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ soars to 32,921MW on Thursday 22nd February 2024"
This will be interesting when subsidies for rooftop solar are removed the amount of systems will reduce over time as they start to fail creating more demand for the house hold that didn’t consume and for not being able to supply the network what it needs
The market price in SA and Vic are often very interesting. Yesterday in SA was once again interesting.
This will be interesting when subsidies for rooftop solar are removed the amount of systems will reduce over time as they start to fail creating more demand for the house hold that didn’t consume and for not being able to supply the network what it needs