February, 2014

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for February, 2014 from
2014-02-01 to 2014-03-01.

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 7080.8 6325.6 1518.9 1435.1 6068.6 22429.1
% 31.6 28.2 6.8 6.4 27.1 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 11158.2 5811.8 1536.0 3059.8 24.4 - 838.9
% Dispatch 49.7 25.9 6.8 13.6 0.1 - 3.7
% Fuel Capacity 57.2 72.7 18.1 29.5 1.7 - 27.7

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6392.81 - 98.05 503.08 0.27 - 86.56
% Dispatch 90.28 - 1.38 7.10 - - 1.22
% Fuel Capacity 62.43 - 3.90 25.05 0.19 - 20.08

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 4765.40 - 133.37 1402.92 23.95 - -
% Dispatch 75.33 - 2.11 22.18 0.38 - -
% Fuel Capacity 58.48 - 20.81 46.41 2.36 - -

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 - 372.40 - 708.25 0.15 - 438.10
% Dispatch - 24.52 - 46.63 0.01 - 28.84
% Fuel Capacity - 48.36 - 26.55 0.08 - 30.69

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 - - 1129.14 205.42 - - 100.57
% Dispatch - - 78.68 14.31 - - 7.01
% Fuel Capacity - - 50.07 55.37 - - 32.65

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 - 5439.40 175.43 240.12 - - 213.69
% Dispatch - 89.63 2.89 3.96 - - 3.52
% Fuel Capacity - 81.98 8.12 13.71 - - 24.85

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 6763.60 5384.40 863.50 87.00 7645.90 20744.40
% 32.60 26.00 4.20 0.40 36.90 100.00
annual - MT 59.20 47.20 7.60 0.80 67.00 181.70
T/MWhour 0.96 0.85 0.57 0.06 1.26 0.92

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11087.10 7927.50 - 1723.80 6.1 - -
% 53.40 38.20 - 8.30 - - -
annual - MT 97.10 69.40 - 15.10 0.1 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.36 - 0.56 0.25 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8121.4 6012.5 1567.9 1033.2 5690.2 22425.2
% 36.2 26.8 7.0 4.6 25.4 100.0

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 50.87 51.07 - 51.07 51.47 49.77 - -
QLD 85.24 80.2 - 92.23 101.09 - - 130.81
SA 63.11 - 60.98 67.62 - 52.32 - -
TAS 44.07 - - 43.90 44.33 42.72 - -
VIC 50.93 - 49.52 61.08 59.8 47 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented