2016-03-19

2016-03-11 to 2016-03-16

A graphic report of aspects of the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) for the period2016-03-11 to 2016-03-12.

Note all times are in NEM-time, or Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Data is sourced from

  • AEMO5-minute dispatch data for scheduled generation units.
  • AEMO emission intensity data

NEM

dispatch in megawatts mapped by fuel type (lower bound) and region (upper bound)

DISPATCH

Dispatch by fuel type and by each region in terms of

  • total megawatts output,
  • as a percentage of total dispatch,
  • as a percentage of the total regulated capacity for the specified fuel type.

NEM


NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 7583.3 6880.6 1329.2 969.5 6267.1 23029.7
% 32.9 29.9 5.8 4.2 27.2 100.0


dispatch by region

NEM


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 12035.5 6058.8 1414.7 2569.2 23.2 33.8 894.4
% Dispatch 52.3 26.3 6.1 11.2 0.1 0.1 3.9
% Fuel Capacity 61.7 79.3 16.7 23.1 1.7 21.7 26.7


dispatch by fuel type

NEM

dispatch by region and fuel type

NEM

dispatch by fuel type

dispatch by region

NEM

5-minute dispatch in megawatts as time series coloured by fuel type

NEM

5-minute dispatch, % of total as time series coloured by fuel type

NEM

5-minute dispatch, % of capacity as time series coloured by fuel type

NSW1


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6474.93 - 473.67 452.35 0.15 33.81 148.36
% Dispatch 85.38 - 6.25 5.97 - 0.45 1.96
% Fuel Capacity 63.23 - 18.83 22.53 0.1 21.71 23.31


average dispatch by fuel type in megawatts, as % total dispatch
and as % total capacity by fuel

NSW1

Stations shown if dispatch averaged more than 50 MW.

NSW1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts as time series coloured by fuel type

NSW1

5-minute dispatch, % of total as time series coloured by fuel type

NSW1

5-minute dispatch, % of capacity as time series coloured by fuel type

QLD1


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 5560.61 - 20.83 1276.12 23.03 - -
% Dispatch 80.82 - 0.30 18.55 0.33 - -
% Fuel Capacity 68.24 - 3.25 41.35 2.27 - -


average dispatch by fuel type in megawatts, as % total dispatch
and as % total capacity by fuel

QLD1

stations shown if dispatch averaged more than 120 MW.

QLD1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts as time series coloured by fuel type

QLD1

5-minute dispatch, % of total as time series coloured by fuel type

QLD1

5-minute dispatch, % of capacity as time series coloured by fuel type

SA1


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - 485.55 - 447.06 - - 396.56
% Dispatch - 36.53 - 33.63 - - 29.83
% Fuel Capacity - 63.06 - 16.76 - - 27.78


average dispatch by fuel type in megawatts, as % total dispatch
and as % total capacity by fuel

SA1

Generation stations shown if dispatch averaged more than 30 MW.

SA1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts as time series coloured by fuel type

SA1

5-minute dispatch, % of total as time series coloured by fuel type

SA1

5-minute dispatch, % of capacity as time series coloured by fuel type

TAS1


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - - 582.17 271.14 - - 116.23
% Dispatch - - 60.05 27.97 - - 11.99
% Fuel Capacity - - 25.82 73.08 - - 37.74


average dispatch by fuel type in megawatts, as % total dispatch
and as % total capacity by fuel

TAS1

Generation stations shown if dispatch averaged more than 30 MW.

TAS1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts as time series coloured by fuel type

TAS1

5-minute dispatch, % of total as time series coloured by fuel type

TAS1

5-minute dispatch, % of capacity as time series coloured by fuel type

VIC1


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - 5573.23 338.06 122.56 - - 233.28
% Dispatch - 88.93 5.39 1.96 - - 3.72
% Fuel Capacity - 88.60 15.64 5.18 - - 24.13


average dispatch by fuel type in megawatts, as % total dispatch
and as % total capacity by fuel

VIC1

Stations shown if dispatch averaged more than 30 MW.

VIC1

5-minute dispatch, megawatts as time series coloured by fuel type

VIC1

5-minute dispatch, % of total as time series coloured by fuel type

VIC1

5-minute dispatch, % of capacity as time series coloured by fuel type

CO2 emissions

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.

NEM


NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
T/hr 6845.4 6128.80 851.60 128.80 7811.70 21766.30
% 31.4 28.20 3.90 0.60 35.90 100.00
annual - MT 60.0 53.70 7.50 1.10 68.40 190.70
T/MWhour 0.9 0.89 0.64 0.13 1.25 0.95


CO2 emissions by region (T/hr - tonnes CO2-e per hour, annual-MT - million tonnes per year)

NEM


Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 11925.40 8290.00 - 1543.5 7.3 - -
% 54.80 38.10 - 7.1 - - -
annual - MT 104.50 72.60 - 13.5 0.1 - -
T/MWhour 0.99 1.37 - 0.6 0.31 - -


CO2 emissions by fuel type (T/hr - tonnes CO2-e per hour, annual-MT - million tonnes per year)

CO2 emissions

NEM

5-minute emissions, tonnes CO2e per hour as time series coloured by fuel source.

NSW1

5-minute emissions, tonnes CO2e per hour as time series coloured by fuel source.

QLD1

5-minute emissions, tonnes CO2e per hour as time series coloured by fuel source.

SA1

5-minute emissions, tonnes CO2e per hour as time series coloured by fuel source.

TAS1

5-minute emissions, tonnes CO2e per hour as time series coloured by fuel source.

VIC1

5-minute emissions, tonnes CO2e per hour as time series cloured by fuel source.

REGIONAL DEMAND

Regional demand in megawatts

REGIONAL DEMAND


NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 8448.1 6599.0 1453.0 882.2 5111.1 22493.4
% 37.6 29.3 6.5 3.9 22.7 100.0


Demand by region in megawatts and as % of total

NEM

Demand by region as % of total

NSW1

regional demand (blue), available generation (red) and dispatch (green)

QLD1

regional demand (blue), available generation (red) and dispatch (green)

SA1

regional demand (blue), available generation (red) and dispatch (green)

TAS1

regional demand (blue), available generation (red) and dispatch (green)

VIC1

regional demand (blue), available generation (red) and dispatch (green)

REGIONAL REFERENCE PRICES

Volume weighted pool prices ($ per MWhour) by region and by fuel types

RRP

REGION VWP Black Coal Brown Coal Natural Gas Hydro Wind Solar Other
NSW 47.23 46.9 - 54.14 47.9 44.9 54.59 -
QLD 82.35 79.83 - 89.18 78.71 - - 68.4
SA 45.61 - 42.98 54.10 - 33.79 - -
TAS 259.94 - - 258.91 260.94 254.33 - -
VIC 38.73 - 36.74 59.03 52.67 31.91 - -


prices in $ per MWhour

RRP

average prices in $ per MWhour, as taken by fuel type and by region

RRP

5-minute prices in $ per MWhour as time series coloured by region,
note log10 y-axis

RRP

5-minute prices in $ per MWhour as time series coloured by region,
note restricted log10 y-axis

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

Net interchange by state. Net export from the regions are shown as positive.

NSW1

power flows from NSW1 to QLD1 via N-Q-MNSP1 (red) and NSW1-QLD1 (green)
and to VIC1 via VIC1-NSW1 (blue), net flow in black

QLD1

power flows from QLD1 to NSW1 via N-Q-MNSP1 (red) and NSW1-QLD1 (blue),
net flow in black

SA1

power flows from SA1 to VIC1 via V-S-MNSP1 (red) and V-SA (blue),
net flow in black.

TAS1

power flows from TAS1 to VIC1 via T-V-MNSP1 Basslink (red),
net flow in black

VIC1

power flows from VIC1 to TAS1 via T-V-MNSP1 (red), to SA1 via V-S-MNSP1 (green) andV-SA (blue) and to NSW1 via the T-V-MNSP1 (purple), net flow in black

Selected generation

VIC1 brown coal generators

TAS1 principal hydro generators

TAS1 wind generators