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.
What do the forecasts received for peak NSW demand this summer tell us about the various debates currently underway in terms of network regulation and industry transformation?
This week saw a new record demand in NSW of 13,292MW on Thursday 2nd February. Correspondingly, average prices were above $100/MWh in both NSW and Queensland – but the price spikes did not transfer to the southern regions.
We watched with interest today as demand crept up in all mainland regions to the point where the NEM-Wide demand rose slightly above 33,000MW for the first time ever, during a summer period.
On Monday 21st October 2024, Daniel Westerman gave a Keynote Address at the AFR’s Energy & Climate Summit 2024. For ease of our future reference, we have copied this in here.
1 Commenton "‘Energy Technology – performing under (heat) stress’ – discussion on Friday 17th July 2020"
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.