Those who know me will understand that I’ve never really been one to watch the clock (unless you mean with respect to the Dispatch Interval clock, that is).
But under COVID-19 induced Work From home arrangements the blurring between ‘Work’ and ‘Home’ has stepped to a new level. So what’s one more commitment, in that environment – especially for a topic as important as how generation technologysuffers in the heat (pretty much all technology – each in their own ways). Particularly after the doozy of the summer 2019-20 that’s just passed us by:
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.
Before tomorrow’s CEC WInd Forum, I wanted to piece together this quick record of the inaugural Clean Energy Investor Forum (CEIF) by the CEC in Sydney on Thursday 3rd April 2025
Our guest author, Panos Priftakis, has prepared this analysis of some factors contributing to peak electricity demand – and contributes some insights for summer 2015-16. This might be particularly useful for those contemplating an entry in the WattClarity competition (which closes Friday 27th).
There was a high level in demand in Victoria on Thursday 26th January 2006.
This was especially remarkable, considering that it was an Australia Day public holiday – when commercial (though not industrial or residential) demand could be expected to be somewhat lower than would otherwise be the case.
Coupled with this level of demand was a significant spike in price that lasted several hours.
Heat stress and all that impressive collaboration I see? It could all do with asking about cooling the past-
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/10/hottest-day-ever-in-australia-confirmed-bourke-51-7c-3rd-january-1909/
That would be a doozy alright.