A beautiful summer’s day for South-East Queensland – in August

Posted by Paul McArdle Monday, August 24 2009 Topic: Winter 2009

Winter certainly seems to have ended early in the mid-north, and we’ve skipped spring and ended up straight into summer.

Yes, in the NEM-Watch snapshot below (click on the image for a full-screen view) that is a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius this afternoon, in and around Brisbane (that’s 95 Fahrenheit for our US readers).

Not bad for a winter temp…

2009-08-24-at-17-05-NEM-Watch

Note that, the whole of NEM demand today barely nudged 26,000MW – which is really just a continuation of the low demand levels experienced throughout the whole of winter, really – and certainly will make judging the winner of our competition interesting, next week – stay tuned for more…

Does make one wonder what’s in store for this summer – hopefully nothing like the dramas encountered down south in summer 2008-09.  Stay tuned for more on that one, as well…

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Paul McArdle
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.

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