Using NEM-Watch to forecast QLD Peak Demand this summer
Some tips about how you can use NEM-Watch v9 to narrow down your entry to Competition #2 this summer (peak QLD Regional Scheduled Dispatch Demand Target for extended summer period)
competition
Trends in wind output (tips to help you make your entry)
A quick look at how aggregate wind farm output has trended, over the history of the NEM
Can you sizzle like the pros – by calculating one of these metrics for summer in the NEM?
Our popular competition returns, with some added spice as a thank-you to clients who have supported us in our 15 years of operation.
… so the “Best Demand Forecasters” were, for Summer 2013-14
Who were the winners, in our competition for summer 2013-14?
Recapping where NEM-wide demand travelled over summer 2013-14
Recapping where demand trended over summer 2013-14 and (importantly for our competition entrants) what the peak demand was seen to be, NEM-wide
Give your Summer extra Sizzle with our Suggested “Seasons Greetings” Submission (and win your new Premium Beefmaster 6 Burner BBQ on Cart with Side Burner)
Our regular light-hearted competition is back (now in its 8th year). Are you the best demand forecaster in the NEM this year?
Has declining demand claimed its next victim?
Some recent changes in the MT PASA forward view of available generation capacities in NSW seem to imply that the declining demand might have taken another victim.
Who was the winner of our competition for LinkingIn to WattClarity?
Rather than just drawing a lucky winner out of a hat, or using a random number generator, someone suggested we take a different approach – and here are the results.
… and so the winners are…
Recapping who’s won the Beefmaster Premium BBQ (and 5 other prizes as well) as the “Best Demand Forecasters in the NEM” for summer 2012-13
Recapping NEM-wide demand for summer 2012-13
A view of how NEM-wide demand trended over summer, with respect to our Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM competition.
Sorted entries, in our annual “Best Demand Forecaster” competition for 2012-13
A clear view of who are the bears, and who are the bulls, in terms of where they have forecasted the peak demand for summer 2012-13 will finally land.
Celebrate a summer Christmas with us–with your own new Beefmaster Premium 6 BBQ!
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 season. Turn the tables on those off enjoying some summer sun, or skiing way up north by getting your entry in – with a chance to be anointed “Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM” and celebrate with your own new BBQ (or some other new prizes).
… so who won the competition for summer 2011-12 as “Best Demand Forecaster”
Demand was lacklustre but we’ve still given an impressive BBQ away to our competition winner for this summer….
Recapping NEM-Wide demand (or the lack thereof) over summer
Some summary points about how NEM-Wide demand across the NEM over summer 2011-12 was surprisingly low, with a very low peak achieved.
Updated (and complete) list of entries in our competition for summer 2011-12
After adding in a few entries that we’d inadvertently missed (from a few people very keen for a BBQ) we have updated the sorted results table, and also the analysis.
Entries in our competition for summer 2011-12
What can we learn from the spread of entries received in our “Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM” competition, for summer 2011-12?
We’ve done some analysis here to help…
Beefmaster Premium 6 on Cart with Side Burner! Who wouldn’t want to be the best demand forecaster in the NEM this summer?
It is that time of year again and we at global-roam want to know who is the best demand forecaster in the NEM. If you are like me and working over Christmas (while both my bosses are on leave), seeing…
… and the winner is?
So who was the winner of our “Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM” competition for summer 2010-11?
What’s the consensus view of where the market thinks the NEM-wide demand will end up
Some analysis of entries received in our “Who’d the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM” competition for summer 2010-11
Are you the best demand forecaster in the NEM this summer?
Our Christmas competition is back.
For those of you who are soldiering through the silly season, keeping the lights on in the NEM, here’s some light-hearted relief (and the chance to prove yourself the best demand forecaster in the NEM).