January, 2016

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for January, 2016 from
2016-01-01 to 2016-02-01.

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

Data is sourced from

DISPATCH

Dispatch coloured by fuel type for each region (including 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 7182.7 6718.3 1360.7 1122.1 6055.7 22439.5
% 32.0 29.9 6.1 5.0 27.0 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 11731.2 5692.9 1780.6 2143.7 22.3 42.8 1026.0
% Dispatch 52.3 25.4 7.9 9.6 0.1 0.2 4.6
% Fuel Capacity 60.1 72.7 21.0 19.3 1.6 27.5 30.6

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6184.77 - 461.10 324.66 0.33 42.82 169.04
% Dispatch 86.11 - 6.42 4.52 - 0.60 2.35
% Fuel Capacity 60.40 - 18.33 16.17 0.23 27.49 26.56

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 5546.47 - 60.80 1089.48 21.50 - -
% Dispatch 82.56 - 0.91 16.22 0.32 - -
% Fuel Capacity 68.06 - 9.49 35.30 2.12 - -

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 - 385.69 - 479.42 0.43 - 495.17
% Dispatch - 28.34 - 35.23 0.03 - 36.39
% Fuel Capacity - 50.09 - 17.97 0.23 - 34.69

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 - - 884.22 129.18 - - 108.71
% Dispatch - - 78.80 11.51 - - 9.69
% Fuel Capacity - - 39.21 34.82 - - 35.29

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 - 5307.22 374.47 120.92 - - 253.09
% Dispatch - 87.64 6.18 2.00 - - 4.18
% Fuel Capacity - 81.84 17.33 5.12 - - 26.18

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 6502.90 5978.80 757.30 65.20 7447.90 20752.10
% 31.30 28.80 3.60 0.30 35.90 100.00
annual - MT 57.00 52.40 6.60 0.60 65.20 181.80
T/MWhour 0.91 0.89 0.56 0.06 1.23 0.92

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11630.90 7806.20 - 1308.10 6.8 - -
% 56.00 37.60 - 6.30 - - -
annual - MT 101.90 68.40 - 11.50 0.1 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.61 0.31 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 7904.9 6512.8 1454.8 1041.1 5012.1 21925.7
% 36.1 29.7 6.6 4.7 22.9 100.0

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 50.41 47.61 - 75.11 70.31 50.38 54.24 -
QLD 54.87 52.76 - 61.97 63.48 - - 77.44
SA 58.90 - 48.98 75.35 - 45.79 - -
TAS 113.00 - - 116.98 112.6 109.97 - -
VIC 59.29 - 47.37 267.25 95.82 64.66 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented