WEEK COMMENCING 2016-02-27

week 9 of 2016

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the week 2016-02-27 to 2016-03-05.

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 8246.3 6922.4 1255.2 1021.2 6256.7 23701.9
% 34.8 29.2 5.3 4.3 26.4 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 12786.3 5906.1 1621.5 2603.3 35.3 48.7 700.7
% Dispatch 53.9 24.9 6.8 11.0 0.1 0.2 3.0
% Fuel Capacity 65.5 75.4 19.1 23.4 2.5 31.3 20.9

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 7226.01 - 468.30 370.71 0.3 48.74 132.28
% Dispatch 87.63 - 5.68 4.50 - 0.59 1.60
% Fuel Capacity 70.57 - 18.62 18.46 0.21 31.29 20.79

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 5560.29 - 20.99 1306.64 34.52 - -
% Dispatch 80.32 - 0.30 18.88 0.50 - -
% Fuel Capacity 68.23 - 3.27 42.34 3.41 - -

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 - 491.25 - 449.01 0.45 - 314.53
% Dispatch - 39.14 - 35.77 0.04 - 25.06
% Fuel Capacity - 63.80 - 16.83 0.24 - 22.03

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 - - 659.53 269.67 - - 92.02
% Dispatch - - 64.58 26.41 - - 9.01
% Fuel Capacity - - 29.25 72.69 - - 29.88

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 - 5414.89 472.71 207.25 - - 161.84
% Dispatch - 86.55 7.56 3.31 - - 2.59
% Fuel Capacity - 83.50 21.87 8.77 - - 16.74

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 7591.50 6170.50 856.20 127.80 7660.50 22406.50
% 33.90 27.50 3.80 0.60 34.20 100.00
annual - MT 66.50 54.10 7.50 1.10 67.10 196.30
T/MWhour 0.92 0.89 0.68 0.13 1.22 0.95

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 12720.50 8087.30 - 1573.2 25.50 - -
% 56.80 36.10 - 7.0 0.10 - -
annual - MT 111.40 70.80 - 13.8 0.20 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.6 0.72 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8570.8 6824.2 1463.3 959.2 5448.4 23265.9
% 36.8 29.3 6.3 4.1 23.4 100.0

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 43.60 43.18 - 50.45 44.53 40.58 48.83 -
QLD 91.73 88.47 - 103.54 199.57 - - 119.32
SA 67.48 - 59.12 84.52 - 52.4 - -
TAS 247.27 - - 246.55 248.91 235.84 - -
VIC 51.37 - 47.15 80.01 74.95 48.07 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented