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.
In another style of biasing a self-forecast, “lunar megawatts” represent an expectation of solar farm generation at night when it really should be zero.
Day-ahead demand forecasts will be integral to any future ‘Ahead Market’. We take a look at the current state and accuracy trend of demand forecasts made 24 hours ahead as part of the broader piece of work to feed into GenInsights21.
This latest instalment of our annual review into solar and wind farm curtailment across the NEM, looks at outcomes in 2025 and highlights increasingly divergent results by region and by asset as network constraints, pricing dynamics and seasonal weather conditions interact.
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