Articles by Paul McArdle

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.



Villain #8 – the ‘Invisible Man’

A few recent developments have prompted this article about Villain no8, a villain initially contemplated prior to my 'forecast of sorts' back at Clean Energy Summit in July 2017.








Yallourn unit 3 back offline again

Late yesterday I noted how the situation at Yallourn was more complex than we had been initially thinking, so it was no surprise to see Yallourn unit 3 come back offline early this morning...


Where’s Callide B1?

With expectations set last week that Callide B1 would be back online yesterday at minimum load, I've had a quick look and can't see it yet...


Evening volatility on Tuesday 15th June 2021

It was volatile this morning well past that’s become ‘normal’ and the volatility has returned (as I expected it would) this evening. Here’s the snapshot of the 17:20 dispatch interval from one of our...