WEEK COMMENCING 2016-02-14

week 7 of 2016

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the week 2016-02-14 to 2016-02-20.

Note all times are in NEM-time, or Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Data is sourced from

  • AEMO’s 5 minute dispatch data for scheduled generation units.
  • AEMO’s half hourly aggregated price and demand data
  • AEMO’s emission intensity data

DISPATCH

Dispatch coloured by fuel type for each region (inclduing the NEM) in terms of

  • total megawatts output,
  • as a percentage of total dispatch, and
  • as a percentage of the total regulated capacity for the specified fuel type.

NEM

Dispatch by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8155.2 7054.5 1143.7 1107.0 5901.0 23361.4
% 34.9 30.2 4.9 4.7 25.3 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 12633.6 5653.6 1528.5 2421.5 64.5 52.7 1006.9
% Dispatch 54.1 24.2 6.5 10.4 0.3 0.2 4.3
% Fuel Capacity 64.8 72.2 18.0 21.8 4.6 33.8 30.0

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 7206.61 - 469.11 259.73 0.32 52.71 166.68
% Dispatch 88.37 - 5.75 3.18 - 0.65 2.04
% Fuel Capacity 70.38 - 18.65 12.93 0.22 33.84 26.19

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 50 MW.

QLD1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 5427.01 - 34.56 1528.75 64.21 - -
% Dispatch 76.93 - 0.49 21.67 0.91 - -
% Fuel Capacity 66.60 - 5.39 49.54 6.34 - -

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 120 MW.

SA1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - 480.69 - 292.07 - - 370.95
% Dispatch - 42.03 - 25.54 - - 32.43
% Fuel Capacity - 62.43 - 10.95 - - 25.99

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 30 MW.

TAS1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - - 663.91 268.99 - - 174.09
% Dispatch - - 59.97 24.30 - - 15.73
% Fuel Capacity - - 29.44 72.50 - - 56.52

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 30 MW.

VIC1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - 5172.91 360.93 71.95 - - 295.21
% Dispatch - 87.66 6.12 1.22 - - 5.00
% Fuel Capacity - 79.77 16.70 3.04 - - 30.54

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 30 MW.

CO2

CO2 emissions in tonnes per hour, as % of total, as annualised total (million tonnes), and as emission intensity (tonnes per MWhour) by region and by fuel type.

CO2 emissions by REGIONID
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
T/hr 7513.90 6213.40 736.50 127.30 7152.70 21743.80
% 34.60 28.60 3.40 0.60 32.90 100.00
annual - MT 65.80 54.40 6.50 1.10 62.70 190.50
T/MWhour 0.92 0.88 0.64 0.11 1.21 0.93

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 12562.70 7650.80 - 1482.10 48.30 - -
% 57.80 35.20 - 6.80 0.20 - -
annual - MT 110.00 67.00 - 13.00 0.40 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.35 - 0.61 0.75 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8401.4 6963.0 1327.6 1001.2 4898.0 22591.2
% 37.2 30.8 5.9 4.4 21.7 100.0

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL REFERENCE PRICES

Volume weighted pool prices ($ per MWhour) by region and by fuel types

Regional volume-weighted prices
REGION VWP Black Coal Brown Coal Natural Gas Hydro Wind Solar Other
NSW 38.52 38.57 - 40.20 40.16 36.04 39.47 -
QLD 296.02 266.52 - 367.62 720.78 - - 691.75
SA 39.22 - 38.41 40.57 - 34.47 - -
TAS 179.91 - - 179.28 180.54 176.99 - -
VIC 34.02 - 32.88 50.82 43.19 31.17 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented