WEEK COMMENCING 2016-03-06

week 10 of 2016

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the week 2016-03-06 to 2016-03-13.

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 8231.8 6943.3 1560.5 958.5 6430.5 24124.6
% 34.1 28.8 6.5 4.0 26.7 100.0

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 12604.3 5832.9 1722.7 3170.8 9.4 42.5 742.1
% Dispatch 52.2 24.2 7.1 13.1 - 0.2 3.1
% Fuel Capacity 64.6 76.4 20.3 28.5 0.7 27.3 22.1

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6939.27 - 594.57 549.33 0.14 42.54 105.94
% Dispatch 84.30 - 7.22 6.67 - 0.52 1.29
% Fuel Capacity 67.77 - 23.64 27.36 0.1 27.31 16.65

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 5664.99 - 23.92 1247.04 7.38 - -
% Dispatch 81.59 - 0.34 17.96 0.11 - -
% Fuel Capacity 69.52 - 3.73 40.41 0.73 - -

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 - 483.67 - 705.88 1.87 - 369.10
% Dispatch - 30.99 - 45.23 0.12 - 23.65
% Fuel Capacity - 62.81 - 26.46 1.00 - 25.86

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 - - 596.31 267.53 - - 94.66
% Dispatch - - 62.21 27.91 - - 9.88
% Fuel Capacity - - 26.44 72.11 - - 30.73

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 - 5349.18 507.92 400.96 - - 172.38
% Dispatch - 83.19 7.90 6.24 - - 2.68
% Fuel Capacity - 85.04 23.50 16.96 - - 17.83

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 7406.9 6202.30 1016.90 126.80 7730.4 22483.20
% 32.9 27.60 4.50 0.60 34.4 100.00
annual - MT 64.9 54.30 8.90 1.10 67.7 197.00
T/MWhour 0.9 0.89 0.65 0.13 1.2 0.93

CO2 emissions by fuel type
Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 12519.00 8016.90 - 1939.70 7.6 - -
% 55.70 35.70 - 8.60 - - -
annual - MT 109.70 70.20 - 17.00 0.1 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.61 0.81 - -

NEM

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts
NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8894.1 6571.7 1661.2 883.9 5704.5 23715.4
% 37.5 27.7 7.0 3.7 24.1 100.0

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 54.35 53.85 - 62.06 58.65 51.78 66.2 -
QLD 55.71 54.42 - 59.66 63.55 - - 71.95
SA 80.34 - 71.4 100.12 - 68.26 - -
TAS 259.72 - - 258.96 260.46 252.88 - -
VIC 82.90 - 67.32 147.65 136.22 83.02 - -

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

.. not yet implemented