2016-12-05

This report documents dispatch, CO2-emissions, demand, market prices and interregional flows on Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM). All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Data is sourced from
  • AEMO 5-minute dispatch data for scheduled generation units.

  • AEMO emission intensity data

REGIONAL DISPATCH

regional dispatch in megawatts

NEM

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 12544.2 5365.5 2174.7 1896.7 101.5 68.5 645.3
% Dispatch 55.0 23.5 9.5 8.3 0.4 0.3 2.8
% Fuel Capacity 64.3 78.4 24.9 17.0 6.5 29.5 17.4



dispatch by fuel type

NEM

NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
MW 7581.2 7301.4 932.1 915.5 6066.1 22802.8
% 33.2 32.0 4.1 4.0 26.6 100.0



dispatch by region

dispatch by fuel type

dispatch by region

NEM

dispatch by region and fuel type

NEM

5-minute dispatch in megawatts by fuel type

NEM

5-minute dispatch, percentage of total by fuel type

NEM

5-minute dispatch, percentage of fuel capacity

NSW1

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6390.25 - 769.47 181.61 0.14 68.47 171.27
% Dispatch 84.29 - 10.15 2.40 - 0.90 2.26
% Fuel Capacity 62.40 - 27.93 9.04 0.1 32.18 26.91

dispatch by fuel type

NSW1

dispatch by region and fuel type

NSW1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts by fuel type

NSW1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of total by fuel type

NSW1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of fuel capacity

QLD1

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW 6153.93 - 72.39 985.99 89.06 - -
% Dispatch 84.28 - 0.99 13.50 1.22 - -
% Fuel Capacity 75.52 - 11.85 31.95 8.24 - -

dispatch by fuel type

QLD1

dispatch by region and fuel type

QLD1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts by fuel type

QLD1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of total by fuel type

QLD1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of fuel capacity

SA1

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - - - 675.94 12.31 - 243.85
% Dispatch - - - 72.52 1.32 - 26.16
% Fuel Capacity - - - 25.33 4.66 - 15.47

dispatch by fuel type

SA1

dispatch by region and fuel type

SA1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts by fuel type

SA1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of total by fuel type

SA1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of fuel capacity

TAS1

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - - 793.28 30.50 - - 91.76
% Dispatch - - 86.65 3.33 - - 10.02
% Fuel Capacity - - 35.18 8.22 - - 29.79

dispatch by fuel type

TAS1

dispatch by region and fuel type

TAS1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts by fuel type

TAS1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of total by fuel type

TAS1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of fuel capacity

VIC1

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
MW - 5365.54 539.55 22.65 - - 138.41
% Dispatch - 88.45 8.89 0.37 - - 2.28
% Fuel Capacity - 85.30 24.48 0.96 - - 11.86

dispatch by fuel type

VIC1

dispatch by region and fuel type

VIC1

5-minute dispatch in megawatts by fuel type

VIC1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of total by fuel type

VIC1

5-minute dispatch, percentage of fuel capacity

CO2 EMISSIONS

CO2 emissions from power generation on the NEM by region and by fuel in terms of

* tonnes CO2e per hour
  • percentage of total

  • annualised rate (CO2e million tonnes per year)

  • emission intensity (tonnes CO2e per MWhour)

NEM

NSW QLD SA TAS VIC NEM
T/hr 6643.60 6490.10 474.60 19.40 7392.70 21020.50
% 31.60 30.90 2.30 0.10 35.20 100.00
annualised 58.20 56.90 4.20 0.20 64.80 184.10
T/MWhour 0.88 0.89 0.51 0.02 1.22 0.92



CO2 emissions by region

NEM

Black Coal Brown Coal Hydro Natural Gas Other Solar Wind
T/hr 12445.00 7378.50 0 1184.30 12.80 0 0
% 59.20 35.10 0 5.60 0.10 0 0
annualised 109.00 64.60 0 10.40 0.10 0 0
T/MWhour 0.99 1.38 0 0.62 0.13 0 0



CO2 emissions by region

CO2 emissions by fuel type

CO2 emissions by region

NEM

CO2 emissions by region and fuel type

NEM

5-minute CO2-e emissions in tonnes per hour by fuel type

NSW1

CO2 emissions by region and fuel type

NSW1

5-minute CO2-e emissions in tonnes per hour by fuel type

QLD1

CO2 emissions by region and fuel type

QLD1

5-minute CO2-e emissions in tonnes per hour by fuel type

SA1

CO2 emissions by region and fuel type

SA1

5-minute CO2-e emissions in tonnes per hour by fuel type

TAS1

CO2 emissions by region and fuel type

TAS1

5-minute CO2-e emissions in tonnes per hour by fuel type

VIC1

CO2 emissions by region and fuel type

VIC1

5-minute CO2-e emissions in tonnes per hour by fuel type

REGIONAL DEMAND

regional demand in megawatts

demand by region

dispatch by region

NSW1

5-minute demand, dispatch and available generation in megawatts

QLD1

5-minute demand, dispatch and available generation in megawatts

SA1

5-minute demand, dispatch and available generation in megawatts

TAS1

5-minute demand, dispatch and available generation in megawatts

VIC1

5-minute demand, dispatch and available generation in megawatts

REGIONAL REFERENCE PRICES

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

VWP

REGION VWP Black Coal Brown Coal Natural Gas Hydro Wind Solar Other
NSW 75.88 75.74 - 75.81 73.89 75.38 91.23 -
QLD 80.98 79.01 - 87.17 81.18 - - 71.82
SA 421.70 - - 602.90 - 158.95 - -
TAS 82.12 - - 129.31 91.52 63.52 - -
VIC 58.72 - 55.87 65.82 73.58 56.27 - -



volume weighted prices in $ per MWhour by fuel type and region

VWP

volume weighted prices in $ per MWhour by fuel type and region

RPP

5 minute prices in $ per MWhour

RRP

5 minute prices in $ per MWhour

REGIONAL INTERCHANGE

Regional interchange by state via the interconnectors. Power exports from individual regions are shown as positive, imports as negative.

Interchange

INTERCONNECTORID FROM TO MWFLOW
N-Q-MNSP1 NSW QLD -47
NSW1-QLD1 NSW QLD -233
T-V-MNSP1 TAS VIC -206
V-S-MNSP1 VIC SA 95
V-SA VIC SA 316
VIC1-NSW1 VIC NSW 574



average power flow by interconnector in megawatts

Interchange

FROM MWFLOW
NSW -854
QLD 280
SA -411
TAS -206
VIC 1191



average power export by state in megawatts

NSW1

5-minute power export

QLD1

5-minute power export

SA1

5-minute power export

TAS1

5-minute power export

VIC1

5-minute power export