With a Beefeater 5 Burner BBQ on the line, along with a host of other prizes, interested participants of our annual demand forecast competition (entries now closed š ) would have been keeping a keen eye on demand during the week.
Summer officially began on Tuesday and by 10am we got out first taste of it with the thermometer reaching 35Ā°C in Sydney and 30Ā°C in Brisbane. By Tuesday afternoon the temperate in Sydney had dropped slightly to 32Ā°C but that didn’t stop demand in New South Wales rising up to 11527 MW with prices hitting $365.07 at 3:45pm. Meanwhile, demand in Queensland also rose above 8000MW at that same time interval.
A screenshot from NEM-Watch at 3:45pm on the first day of summer 2015-16.
Dan is a Market Analyst, who joined Global-Roam in June 2013.
He departed (and returned) for a couple of brief stints overseas, before rejoining the team permanently in late 2019. Alongside his work at Global-Roam, he has undertaken short-term contract roles as an analyst and researcher in various areas of the energy sector. Dan graduated from the Master of Sustainable Energy program at the University of Queensland in 2024.
Yesterday (Tue 8th April 2025) we were pleased to be able to host a table at the biggest Queensland Energy Club lunch event of all the ones that weāve attended. Here’s a summary…
A couple of weeks ago, we opened for entries in our āBest Demand Forecasterā competition ā run for the first time during winter.
Entries closed on Monday 29th June (2 weeks ago now) but we have only just found the time to do some analysis of the entries we received, which we have summarised in the following graph…
Analysis compiled to explore what the impact was of the unusual weather pattern (extensive cloud cover and cold temperatures) seen across a large part of Queensland on Saturday 23rd May 2020.
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