WEEK COMMENCING 2015-12-20

week 51 of 2015

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the week 2015-12-20 to 2015-12-27.

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 6769.8 6562.6 1514.9 1136.2 5737.3 21720.8
% 31.2 30.2 7.0 5.2 26.4 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 11295.7 5434.9 1582.5 1915.6 13.8 40.6 1437.7
% Dispatch 52.0 25.0 7.3 8.8 0.1 0.2 6.6
% Fuel Capacity 57.9 69.4 18.6 17.2 1.0 26.1 42.9

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 5693.4 - 274.68 492.89 0.2 40.62 268.01
% Dispatch 84.1 - 4.06 7.28 - 0.60 3.96
% Fuel Capacity 55.6 - 10.92 24.55 0.14 26.08 42.11

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 5602.32 - 48.98 899.00 12.35 - -
% Dispatch 85.37 - 0.75 13.70 0.19 - -
% Fuel Capacity 68.75 - 7.64 29.13 1.22 - -

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 - 416.64 - 454.89 1.22 - 642.11
% Dispatch - 27.50 - 30.03 0.08 - 42.39
% Fuel Capacity - 54.11 - 17.05 0.66 - 44.98

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 - - 982.48 8.71 - - 145.00
% Dispatch - - 86.47 0.77 - - 12.76
% Fuel Capacity - - 43.57 2.35 - - 47.08

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 - 5018.26 276.35 60.15 - - 382.55
% Dispatch - 87.47 4.82 1.05 - - 6.67
% Fuel Capacity - 77.38 12.79 2.54 - - 39.58

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 6052.60 5901.3 777.90 5.5 7042.80 19780.10
% 30.60 29.8 3.90 0.0 35.60 100.00
annual - MT 53.00 51.7 6.80 0.0 61.70 173.30
T/MWhour 0.89 0.9 0.51 0.0 1.23 0.91

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11161.60 7479.00 - 1137.90 1.7 - -
% 56.40 37.80 - 5.80 - - -
annual - MT 97.80 65.50 - 10.00 - - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.38 - 0.59 0.12 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 7478.1 6162.7 1381.2 1063.6 5015.3 21101
% 35.4 29.2 6.5 5.0 23.8 100

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 45.13 45.36 - 46.40 47.58 43.92 47.59 -
QLD 44.52 44 - 46.48 41.37 - - 43.62
SA 55.78 - 48.42 70.54 - 40.94 - -
TAS 104.04 - - 104.66 105.05 107.49 - -
VIC 39.46 - 37.4 59.42 49.54 33.32 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented