On 22nd August 2017, Energy sector analyst (and frequent author on RenewEconomy), David Leitch, published this analysis of average capacity factors of 37 wind farms installed across the southern half of the NEM (there are not yet any significant wind farms in the northern half). 1) Calculating capacity factors with NEM-Review v6 Using version…
In the afternoon of Tuesday 28th March, we posted an article on WattClarity “TC Debbie dampens electricity consumption in Queensland” which provided a view of wind speeds in locations reasonably close to the path of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Here’s what we were able to chart at the time (using wind speed data from the Bureau…
With the closure of Hazelwood Power Station looming, interest in electricity prices was heightened – hence we posted another article on WattClarity “With the closure of Hazelwood looming, hedge contract prices climb skywards” on 14th March. Here’s the chart again: We’re delighted to be able to provide our NEMreview v7 clients opportunities to be able…
Hugh Saddler from the Australian National University, has used NEM-Review to help explain the state of the electricity market on the ABC’s 7.30 report which was broadcast on the the 13th of February 2017. In the report, several industry experts provide insights on the multi-state energy crisis over the summer that had been developing…
With historical, time-series ASX Energy data incorporated in the NEMreview v7 framework late in 2016, we were able to use an early version of NEMreview v7 to produce the analysis behind this post on WattClarity ® on 24th January 2017, which highlights how interconnected the physical (i.e. AEMO) and financial (i.e. ASX Energy) markets are…
Energy, science and technology blogger Ketan Joshi published an article on Monday which posed the question ‘Is Sydney’s heat decoupling from demand spikes?’. Within the post, he uses historical data from NEM-Review to compare New South Wales’ average demand between 2000-2015 against the daily average demand so far in 2016: “Curiously, demand isn’t much higher or lower…
A week of unusual occurrences in the South Australian energy space fascinated many onlookers, particularly large energy users. After fielding a number of calls from large energy users in South Australia who were wanting to know what was going on, our CEO, Paul McArdle wrote this article on WattClarity to explain why they were concerned,…
