A starting list of factors that I'd look further into, if I was sucked into the "rabbit hole" of assessing all of the contributing factors leading to the...
A figurative illustration of the broad range of people we're increasingly seeing weighing into the discussion about the future of the energy sector. Itself a challenge for the...
Models are simplifications of reality. Some are more precise than others. Some are useful for different purposes.
Quick note about energy transition
Recording early days of electricity production at the Hornsdale Wind Farm
Some initial analysis about the remarkable pricing outcomes seen across all regions of the NEM through Q2 2016
Some brief notes about a changed pricing pattern observed in Q2 2016
A comparison of the output of the two different estimates now available for aggregate state-wide output from small-scale solar PV systems - the ARENA-funded APVI method, and a...
Articles we write through winter 2016 about what we see happening then
Some quick calcs to update a ball-park estimate on the cost of the Tasmanian energy crisis
A quick post to mark the end of brown-coal fired generation in South Australia, with the closure of Northern Power Station
Announcing the winners of our 7 related competitions for "best forecaster in the NEM" summer 2015-16
Over on our Demand-Response focused site, I posted an article yesterday providing a high-level comparison between contract prices for calendar 2015 and final spot prices (for the 4...
One scenario holds that the price of energy supply might drop to the point where it is effectively free. Here's some of what we're thinking about...
The first of the diesel gensets startup in Tasmania, and make their way into the data feed.
Recapping what I've learnt (and highlighting some of the things I have yet to learn) about the electricity supply crisis currently facing Tasmania
Quick notes about how solar PV is helping to moderate peak demand (but some considerations relating to using rules of thumb about its effect).
A collection of articles focused on what’s happened in Australia’s National Electricity Market through the autumn period (March, April, May) of 2016
NSW experiences its highest electricity demand so far this summer as a result of the hot weather
NSW demand rises (somewhat) today