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.
Following a week where several days saw price volatility in NSW (with this being so extreme that Reserve Trader was triggered on Thursday 17th December) we’ve taken a look at the comparative performance of coal units across the NEM (and particularly in NSW) compared to prior years.
Including Callide C3, that appears to show that the entire coal fleet of Australian generators had an equivalent forced outage rate, EFOR, of ~5% for the period in question.
Including Callide C3, that appears to show that the entire coal fleet of Australian generators had an equivalent forced outage rate, EFOR, of ~5% for the period in question.
Not a disaster, then?