Wind Peak Production climbs – linearly over 5 successive summers
Continuing the theme of investigating peak metrics over summer 2014-15, today we look at peak wind output (aggregate across the NEM).
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.
Winning a consolation prize (Comp #6) for Tasmanian peak demand
Who wins a consolation prize today, being closest to the flag in forecasting peak Tassie demand?
Tassie’s “summer” demand peak comes with cold weather?
Today we have a look at what mark Tasmania reached with peak demand over "extended summer" 2014-15
Winning a consolation prize (Comp #3) for NSW peak demand
So the winner for "best NSW peak demand forecaster" for summer 2014-15 is...
Similarly, the NSW summer demand peak failed to arrive
Continuing the theme started last week, today we look at what the peak NEM-wide demand was for "extended summer" 2014-15.
Winning a consolation prize, for Competition #5
So the entrant who was VERY close to the mark in forecasting the peak demand in South Australia for this summer period is...
South Australian peak demand this summer was a fizzer
Continuing our walk around the NEM, today we analyse what happened with South Australian electricity demand over the extended summer period 2014-15 - with a particular focus on peak demand
Winning a consolation prize, for Competition #4
Winning a consolation prize, for being closest to the mark in relation to peak Victorian demand this summer, is...
Victorian peak demand lower by 1,600MW
Following our assessment of NEM-wide demand this summer, we turn our attention to Victoria today to see how similar the story is for that region in particular.
Benefits* of tracking systems in solar PV
Quick notes about three types of solar PV systems, at University of Queensland's Gatton Solar Research Facility.
So who wins the Main Prize in our competition for summer 2014-15 (Competition #1 of 7)
Who won the main prize, as "best demand forecaster in the NEM" for summer 2014-15?
Peak NEM-wide demand this summer – the lowest in more than 10 years!
Some analysis of what happened with NEM-wide demand this summer
Small-scale, distributed solar currently leaving large-scale, centralised solar in the shade
The Nyngan large-scale solar PV plant started production in March - but, as shown here, large-scale solar has a lot of catching up to do to match current levels of small-scale solar PV production.
Approaching 62 hours becalmed on the mainland – what would this mean for battery storage?
Some back-of-the-envelope calculations being a starting point to help me understand how much real contribution electric vehicles might make in feeding back into the grid when intermittent generation is absent.
Some interesting patterns emerge, with the interaction of wind and solar
Some initial analysis of the interplay between wind and solar in Australia's National Electricity Market
First production from Nyngan Solar Farm seen over the weekend
Being first-of-a-kind (at least for which AEMO publish data) it's worth noting that Nyngan solar farm has commenced operations.
Queensland demand peaks (at a high level) late in the day Thursday 19th March
Another high demand day yesterday (Thu 19th March) in Queensland - here's a record
Is the changing generation mix in the NEM requiring it to start making capacity payments?
Some thoughts about Capacity Payments - given the article in the AFR yesterday
Queensland electricity demand hits a high mark on Thursday 5th March 2015
A walk-through a high-demand day in Queensland (especially remarkable because of the effect of solar PV output).
Autumn 2015 in the NEM
A collection of articles about autumn 2015