If you looked at the calendar you’d believe you were still in the winter season … but in the northern half of the country you certainly would not believe it, if you walked outside in Brisbane today (or anywhere north of that latitude, essentially).
At the other end of the scale, it’s well below freezing in the Snowy Mountains and parts of Tasmania … in part because of the strong winds noted here.
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.
For two remarkable winter evenings in 2007 (19th and 20th June specifically) NEM-Wide Instantaneous Reserve Plant Margin (IRPM) plunged to the lowest levels ever seen in the NEM (a mere 7.6%) as generators were caught short of capacity by a…
A couple days after the end of ‘winter 2024’ the temperature has dropped by 10 degrees in Archerfield. We take a look at how temperatures in Archerfield through winter 2024 compare with the 18 preceding years to see how remarkable was the ramp in temperatures at the end of August 2024.
Yesterday evening (Tue 9th June 2020) saw an example of ‘dunkelflaute’ across the NEM. It’s a phenomenon we will see increasingly as the transition progresses, so it’s something we should be seeking to understand, and address, with real world solutions and not rose coloured glasses.
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