Summer, 2016

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for Summer, 2016 from
2015-12-01 to 2016-03-01.

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 7418.7 6826.1 1395.0 1044.1 5998.6 22682.4
% 32.7 30.1 6.2 4.6 26.4 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 11976.4 5674.2 1558.8 2389.4 29.0 46.3 1008.2
% Dispatch 52.8 25.0 6.9 10.5 0.1 0.2 4.4
% Fuel Capacity 61.4 72.4 18.4 21.5 2.1 29.7 30.1

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6463.05 - 364.29 374.98 0.33 46.32 169.69
% Dispatch 87.12 - 4.91 5.05 - 0.62 2.29
% Fuel Capacity 63.12 - 14.48 18.67 0.23 29.74 26.66

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 5513.33 - 43.84 1241.09 27.84 - -
% Dispatch 80.77 - 0.64 18.18 0.41 - -
% Fuel Capacity 67.66 - 6.84 40.22 2.75 - -

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 - 430.35 - 490.25 0.81 - 473.61
% Dispatch - 30.85 - 35.14 0.06 - 33.95
% Fuel Capacity - 55.89 - 18.38 0.44 - 33.18

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 - - 800.32 132.15 - - 111.62
% Dispatch - - 76.65 12.66 - - 10.69
% Fuel Capacity - - 35.49 35.62 - - 36.24

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 - 5243.89 350.40 150.96 - - 253.32
% Dispatch - 87.42 5.84 2.52 - - 4.22
% Fuel Capacity - 80.86 16.21 6.39 - - 26.21

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 6800.40 6062.70 816.20 64.40 7358.60 21102.20
% 32.20 28.70 3.90 0.30 34.90 100.00
annual - MT 59.60 53.10 7.20 0.60 64.50 184.90
T/MWhour 0.92 0.89 0.59 0.06 1.23 0.93

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11875.10 7752.60 - 1460.30 14.20 - -
% 56.30 36.70 - 6.90 0.10 - -
annual - MT 104.00 67.90 - 12.80 0.10 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.61 0.49 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8008.5 6535.9 1476.4 1048.5 5122.0 22191.2
% 36.1 29.5 6.7 4.7 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 45.85 44.81 - 56.47 56.94 43.83 49.34 -
QLD 79.89 73.6 - 94.08 112.57 - - 220.36
SA 62.59 - 52.2 82.77 - 44.25 - -
TAS 123.27 - - 148.28 122.78 123.39 - -
VIC 50.74 - 44.14 129.33 71.92 48.37 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented