A collation of articles pertaining to long-term trends of (and patterns in) demand.
Oliver Nunn of Endgame Analytics provides this summary of NSW price, demand and generation trends to provide context about what has happened in the region over the past several weeks.
Read MoreA short note (and link to) the Mandala report titled ‘Empowering Australia’s Digital Future Data Centres: Essential digital infrastructure underpinning everyday life’.
The AEMO’s publication today (Fri 1st Nov 2024) of their ‘Victorian Minimum System Load Procedure Overview’ 3-page PDF document will be well received.
With forecasts for a very, very low level of ‘Market Demand’ tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct 2024) in NSW, here’s a longer term trend to show how it would fit in context.
With forecasts for low demand tomorrow (Sat 28th Sept 2024) in VIC during the middle of the day, we take a quick look at how forecasts compare to prior low points.
Saturday 31st August 2024 saw warm temperatures and high rooftop PV yield contribute to a new low point for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW
Sunday 18th August 2024 sees Queensland reach a new ‘lowest’ point for ‘Market Demand’ … not quite 8 months after it saw a ‘highest ever’ point for ‘Market Demand’. Stretched at both ends, and a clear indication of the challenges of this energy transition.
Putting the high demand seen in NSW on Thu 29th Feb 2024 in historical context.
Inspired (or provoked) by Paul’s earlier article noting ‘NEM-wide demand has been quite low through summer 2023-24 (at least to date)’, guest author Allan O’Neil takes a look at how aggregate consumption stacks up for this summer, compared to prior.
Still trying to make sense of what did and didn’t happen in QLD last night, Dan Lee provides some context to how yesterday’s record-breaking demand compares to similar historical events.
A short post looking back >14 years over trends of daily maximum demand in QLD
Guest author Allan O’Neil continues our series of posts on very low system demand levels in South Australia and Victoria on New Year’s Eve, with a few unresolved questions remaining
A tabular summary of how ‘declining demand’ has been an accelerating theme in most regions of the NEM (and NEM-wide) through 2023.
Part 4 in a series today, about what happened in Victoria with minimum demand and warnings of possible intervention to *increase* demand.
Fourth article today, taking a quick look at neighbouring South Australia – which has also seen a new ‘lowest ever’ level of Market Demand.
Third article today, focusing on an apparent anomaly between AEMO’s P30 and P5 predispatch forecasts for Victorian demand today (Sun 31st Dec 2023).
A second article today on this challenging day for the Victorian grid, looking at which supply sources are running.
First article today, recording a new ‘lowest ever’ point for demand in Victoria (Sun 31st Dec 2023), and possible intervention from AEMO has it looks to drop further, leading to possible grid instability.
A quick record of Sun 12th Nov 2023, with ‘minimum demand’ dropping further in Victoria
As the SMS alerts continue, here’s an article to record the new low point for Market Demand in NSW on Sunday 29th October 2023.