CORRECTION – Tamar Valley is not mothballed, just bid unavailable
A correction about Tamar Valley's drop in production - and some further thoughts.
declining demand
Another station down – to what extent due to local factors?
Despite consistently averaging monthly output of up to 200MW for a number of years, the Tamar Valley power station has been mothballed following an ownership change
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.
Chilly winter evenings show demand has declined for various reasons – not just solar PV
A cold evening in the NEM, and yet demand can't make it past 30,000MW - which would have been quite startling 4 or 5 years ago (but not now, as demand has been declining...
Why are we completing this extensive review of what happened over a very volatile summer in QLD – and why, and what the future implications might be?
Why are we investing significant time in completing this review of what was remarkable price volatility in QLD over summer? We're primarily a software company that develops shrink-wrapped products used by about 100 market...
What’s caused the drop in brown coal production?
Prompted by a reader's question, we provide some further analysis into which brown coal plants have been declining output in recent times, and why this might be the case.
Long-term trend shows coal being crunched
A chart and a table presented today at FutureGAS highlighting how the dominance of coal in power generation across the NEM is starting to shift.
How has Demand Diversity changed, over 15 summers?
Some analysis of the extent to which Demand Diversity (the degree to which peak demands in each region occur at different times) has changed in 15 years. If there are changes, it could be...
A more detailed look at how demand has trended over 15 summers in the NEM
A longer-term look at how summer (peak and average) demand has trended over the 15 years of NEM history to date.
Trends in Production and Spot Revenues at 4 coal-fired stations
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 to be a result of carbon...
Liquidity of futures trading in Australia’s National Electricity Market
A look at the trend towards deeper liquidity of trading of electricity derivatives in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM).
3 Questions we’ve been asked, following the introduction of the Carbon Tax
The range of questions we've been asked over the course of the past 2 weeks (since the introduction of the Carbon Tax) seem to resolve to these 3 key questions.
A hot Saturday could have driven demand higher – but how much?
A quick look at the demand levels on Saturday 25th driven by hot weather in VIC and SA. What would have happened had this been on a weekday?
Yes, the demand did peek above 30,000MW
Looking further (after making the first post today) I see that the demand did rise above 30,000MW across the Australian National Electricity Market today - still a very low level for the highest demand...
Hot in VIC and SA – but demand not climbing past the green zone
High temperatures in Victoria and South Australia - but demand is still well down on the all-time records for those regions.
No joy for generators as demand stays low
NEM-wide demand is still to crack the 30,000MW barrier (which used to be fairly commonplace several summers ago). This is not providing good news for generators.
Summer continues, but demand has not (yet?) arrived
By now our schools are full again, and businesses are back at work – so it is timely to review how electricity demand in the NEM trended through the holiday months of December and...
Some possible reasons why demand is declining
A list of 10 factors that are impacting on electricity consumption across the National Electricity Market.
How is demand changing in the NEM?
Further analysis of the way that electricity demand patterns (NEM-wide) are changing in Australia's National Electricity Market
What happened to demand, this winter?
A brief summary of NEM-wide demand this winter