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.
Here's our regular, annual and popular call-to-calculators for all those who've drawn the short straw and have to work on through the Christmas -to- New Year this summer...
Some starting thoughts, about the extent to which increased wind farm output has been responsible in the drop in spot prices in South Australia from the high levels...
An interesting day in the NEM today, with prices gyrating across a wide spectrum, and across all four mainland regions - on the back of higher demand in...
Three images from NEM-Watch highlighting extremes of pricing in the Queensland region of the National Electricity Market today - illustrating the volatility, and hence the opportunities for Demand...
A brief look, during the day, of the effect that the Queensland heat wave is having on electricity demand within the state - and further across the NEM....
A number of recently announced closures of (and cut-backs in) a variety of coal-fired power station units across the NEM (including Northern, Yallourn, Munmorah and Tarong) - claimed...
Some observations about the longer-term trend of electricity production, across the NEM, aggregated across all states by fuel type. This reveals some of the trends that have been...
A quick look at the extent to which wind supplies (across all wind turbines in the NEM) are diverse enough for supplies to have a degree of dependability.
Following some questions yesterday (from clients and others) we take a quick look at how Yallourn Power Station is progressing in coming back from outage caused by inundation...