ETSI was founded in 2022, and provides specialist forecasting services for the energy industry.
In early February 2024, we (at Global-Roam Pty Ltd, providers of this WattClarity service) were pleased to be able to come onboard as a shareholder of ETSI – in order to assist the company grow the scale of its operations in provision of accurate self-forecasts to Wind Farm operators in the NEM.
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 his first article, Jack Fox reports some initial observations from a review of the Non Financial Operations (NFO) data that’s been published since Dec 2024.
Over many years we’ve invested deeply in analysing the nuanced answer to the question ‘Is VRE Forecastable?’. This article (which has almost been posted many times before) is triggered today by yet one more claim on social media.
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.
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