Early winter chills power Tassie demand
A quick look at how the early winter chills are driving demand in Tasmania to levels not seen for 4 years
Seasonal Record of Events in the Market
Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
Wind in South Australia contributes to LOR2 warnings
Windy conditions persist - and bring with them their own challenges for the AEMO in managing the security of the system (PS wind contributes to, but there are other factors discussed in the post)
Aggregate wind farm output tops 3,200MW in the middle of the night
Looks like wind output, aggregated across the NEM, hit a new record in output overnight.
Metered Generation data feed for Royalla Solar commences (6 months after plant opening)
Royalla solar farm (opened 6 months ago) now has metered generation data published by AEMO - here's the first view.
Queensland’s peak demand very close to a new record – more possible next summer?
Completing our walk-around-the-NEM, today we look at peak demand in Queensland over summer 2014-15
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).
A review of temperatures for summer 2014-15
One of our guest authors, a meteorologist, lends his expertise to helping us understand one of the reasons why peak demand for summer 2014-15 was what it was.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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).
A hot Thursday forecast for QLD this week – what will it mean for electricity demand?
With high temperatures forecast for South-East Queensland later this week, we take a look at what's forecast in terms of demand.