WEEK COMMENCING 2016-02-21

week 8 of 2016

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the week 2016-02-21 to 2016-02-28.

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 8518.9 6888.3 1423.9 1074.9 6283.9 24190
% 35.2 28.5 5.9 4.4 26.0 100

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 12804.4 5818.7 1770.0 2817.9 51.9 51.8 875.3
% Dispatch 52.9 24.1 7.3 11.6 0.2 0.2 3.6
% Fuel Capacity 65.6 74.3 20.9 25.3 3.7 33.2 26.1

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 7274.49 - 549.03 475.21 0.63 51.79 167.79
% Dispatch 85.39 - 6.44 5.58 0.01 0.61 1.97
% Fuel Capacity 71.04 - 21.83 23.67 0.45 33.25 26.37

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 5529.95 - 27.12 1280.38 50.81 - -
% Dispatch 80.28 - 0.39 18.59 0.74 - -
% Fuel Capacity 67.86 - 4.23 41.49 5.02 - -

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 - 495.18 - 535.77 0.42 - 392.58
% Dispatch - 34.78 - 37.63 0.03 - 27.57
% Fuel Capacity - 64.31 - 20.08 0.22 - 27.50

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 - - 700.19 268.59 - - 106.17
% Dispatch - - 65.14 24.99 - - 9.88
% Fuel Capacity - - 31.05 72.40 - - 34.47

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 - 5323.53 493.69 257.98 - - 208.72
% Dispatch - 84.72 7.86 4.11 - - 3.32
% Fuel Capacity - 82.09 22.85 10.91 - - 21.59

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 7708.4 6123.40 917.60 127.20 7554.6 22431.20
% 34.4 27.30 4.10 0.60 33.7 100.00
annual - MT 67.5 53.60 8.00 1.10 66.2 196.50
T/MWhour 0.9 0.89 0.64 0.12 1.2 0.93

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 12736.70 7956.70 - 1708.10 29.70 - -
% 56.80 35.50 - 7.60 0.10 - -
annual - MT 111.60 69.70 - 15.00 0.30 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.61 0.57 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8905.6 6753.0 1578.8 1014.6 5467.7 23719.7
% 37.5 28.5 6.7 4.3 23.1 100.0

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 50.24 49.18 - 63.04 54.31 43.21 59.1 -
QLD 83.75 79.73 - 94.33 129.95 - - 126.6
SA 57.55 - 51.48 69.17 - 45.38 - -
TAS 202.24 - - 202.18 201.15 211.13 - -
VIC 49.49 - 44.93 79.20 66.07 44.51 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented