operational demand

  • Commercial and market outlook

    FCAS not dead?

    A couple of months ago, AEMO released the final Inputs, Assumptions, and Scenarios Report (IASR) that contains the basis of all planning publications for the next few years.  The changing electricity consumption and generation pattern in the NEM is introducing new challenges to the operation of the energy system; minimum and...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | Gassed out: are renewables running gas out of the market?

    Last week, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its ‘Quarterly Energy Dynamics’ (QED) report for Q4 2020. The report highlighted that operational demand has fallen to its lowest quarterly level since 2001; largely driven by mild weather and strong uptake of rooftop solar. Coupled with record high wind and...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | COVID-19 and the NEM: are ducks immune to the pandemic?

    Australia ramps up its efforts against the COVID-19 health pandemic. Many have asked what COVID-19 means for the National Electricity Market (NEM) and energy sector in general.  In this Chart of the week, through a time-of-day analysis, we examine the impact the week-by-week federal restrictions on businesses and individuals are having...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | SA is breaking records… but the ducks are everywhere

    Recently, there has been a lot of commentary on minimum demand levels/ the ‘duck curve’ in South Australia (SA). This due to the state with its minimum demand breaking record three times in a month. In this Chart of the week, via a time-of-day analysis, we analyse other regions of...