February, 2012

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for February, 2012 from
2012-02-01 to 2012-03-01.

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 6922.6 6824.2 1624.3 986.1 6569.2 22926.5
% 30.2 29.8 7.1 4.3 28.7 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 11488.1 6814.2 1199.8 2870.6 3.7 - 550.1
% Dispatch 50.1 29.7 5.2 12.5 - - 2.4
% Fuel Capacity 58.9 85.3 14.1 27.8 0.3 - 29.8

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6132.17 - 286.90 449.23 0.03 - 54.31
% Dispatch 88.58 - 4.14 6.49 - - 0.78
% Fuel Capacity 59.88 - 11.41 22.37 0.03 - 20.49

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 5355.92 - 51.64 1413.26 3.43 - -
% Dispatch 78.48 - 0.76 20.71 0.05 - -
% Fuel Capacity 65.72 - 8.06 47.25 0.34 - -

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 - 490.66 - 770.55 0.23 - 362.84
% Dispatch - 30.21 - 47.44 0.01 - 22.34
% Fuel Capacity - 63.72 - 28.88 0.13 - 31.35

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 - - 754.70 190.98 - - 40.42
% Dispatch - - 76.53 19.37 - - 4.10
% Fuel Capacity - - 33.47 51.48 - - 28.87

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 - 6323.56 106.53 46.62 - - 92.50
% Dispatch - 96.26 1.62 0.71 - - 1.41
% Fuel Capacity - 95.31 4.93 2.66 - - 32.01

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 6471.40 5941.10 1046.90 81.20 8844.90 22385.60
% 28.90 26.50 4.70 0.40 39.50 100.00
annual - MT 56.70 52.00 9.20 0.70 77.50 196.10
T/MWhour 0.93 0.87 0.64 0.08 1.35 0.98

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11395.90 9402.70 - 1584.00 2.9 - -
% 50.90 42.00 - 7.10 - - -
annual - MT 99.80 82.40 - 13.90 - - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.38 - 0.55 0.79 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8399.0 6316.5 1582.2 1081.1 5879.7 23258.4
% 36.1 27.2 6.8 4.6 25.3 100.0

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 27.47 27.71 - 27.81 29.2 26.99 - -
QLD 31.55 30.61 - 33.12 29.53 - - 62.12
SA 28.53 - 27.73 29.51 - 25.02 - -
TAS 36.90 - - 38.55 33.99 34.94 - -
VIC 26.91 - 25.94 40.21 33.57 24.55 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented