We are only in the second week of summer 2015-16, and demand in Queensland has already begun to heat up, hitting 8507MW at 3:05pm this afternoon after another hot and humid day across the sunshine state. This marks the first time this summer that demand in Queensland has risen above the 8500MW mark. Entrants of our annual demand forecast competition will find these events particularly interesting as today’s peak demand might be a sign that, as expected, Queensland could reach a new all-time demand record above 9000MW at some point further into summer.
The temperature in Sydney also simmered today peaking at 35°C while demand in New South Wales hit a high of 11018MW at 3:50pm this afternoon.
A screenshot from NEM-Watch at 3:50pm on Friday the 11th of December 2015.
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.
In this article we look more closely at 1st and 2nd February 2022 – and particularly at where and when the changes in rooftop PV occurred, narrowing our assessment to south-east Queensland regions. It follows on from Part A which inspected how Queensland rooftop PV output varied at the state level.
A first look back at yesterday (Friday 20th December 2019) in the Victorian region – where we saw extreme temperatures, high demand across VIC and SA and (perhaps because of high temperatures) a large discrepancy open up between forecast Wind Availability and actual. This would have contributed to the surprise LOR2 announcement and commencement of RERT negotiations.
A screenshot from NEM-Watch at 3:50pm on Friday the 11th of December 2015.
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