December, 2015

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for December, 2015 from
2015-12-01 to 2016-01-01.

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 7134.4 6893.6 1510.1 925.8 5883.0 22346.8
% 31.9 30.8 6.8 4.1 26.3 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 11677.3 5501.8 1326.6 2708.2 18.3 45.2 1069.3
% Dispatch 52.3 24.6 5.9 12.1 0.1 0.2 4.8
% Fuel Capacity 59.8 70.2 15.6 24.3 1.3 29.0 31.9

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6165.96 - 216.61 525.02 0.34 45.24 181.18
% Dispatch 86.43 - 3.04 7.36 - 0.63 2.54
% Fuel Capacity 60.21 - 8.61 26.15 0.24 29.05 28.47

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 5511.38 - 37.61 1328.52 16.07 - -
% Dispatch 79.95 - 0.55 19.27 0.23 - -
% Fuel Capacity 67.63 - 5.87 43.05 1.59 - -

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 - 414.98 - 612.39 1.85 - 480.85
% Dispatch - 27.48 - 40.55 0.12 - 31.84
% Fuel Capacity - 53.89 - 22.95 0.99 - 33.69

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 - - 789.96 8.70 - - 127.17
% Dispatch - - 85.32 0.94 - - 13.74
% Fuel Capacity - - 35.03 2.35 - - 41.29

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 - 5086.79 282.46 233.62 - - 280.15
% Dispatch - 86.47 4.80 3.97 - - 4.76
% Fuel Capacity - 78.44 13.07 9.88 - - 28.98

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 6549.10 6119.00 884.70 5.50 7186.60 20744.90
% 31.60 29.50 4.30 0.00 34.60 100.00
annual - MT 57.40 53.60 7.80 0.00 63.00 181.70
T/MWhour 0.92 0.89 0.59 0.01 1.22 0.93

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11552.10 7515.70 - 1674.10 2.9 - -
% 55.70 36.20 - 8.10 - - -
annual - MT 101.20 65.80 - 14.70 - - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.62 0.16 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 7757.3 6318.6 1548.6 1081.8 5160.0 21866.2
% 35.5 28.9 7.1 4.9 23.6 100.0

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 46.09 46.43 - 47.69 50.1 43.86 49.07 -
QLD 44.11 43.75 - 44.30 47.22 - - 43.76
SA 80.81 - 67.12 105.07 - 50.25 - -
TAS 95.87 - - 97.33 99.27 95.3 - -
VIC 53.92 - 48.67 86.64 73.37 44.68 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented