Working in collaboration with Greenview Strategic Consulting, on Wednesday 15th December 2021 we released GenInsights21 as noted on WattClarity at the time. Picking from Wattclarity, here are the key points … ———— This report is 622 pages long (including 28…
Author: Paul McArdle
Marcelle Gannon featured in ‘energy @ Melbourne Energy Institute’ newsletter
As Marcelle Gannon approaches her 1st anniversary of working with us, we find that she was featured in the ‘energy@melbourne’ newsletter from the Melbourne Energy Institute.
Recapping some of the highlights of 2020 for us … our 21st year of operations
As our 21st year of operations (i.e. the year 2020) draws to a close, what a year it has been … both internally and externally. In the quietness before activity picks up again next week, I thought it would be of value compiling this reflection on (some of) the highlights.
Seeking to understand the multi-region islanding event on Saturday 25th August
On Saturday 25th August 2018, the NEM experienced what has been called by others a “near miss” event, with both Queensland and South Australia being islanded from the rest of the NEM as a result of the tripping of QNI…
A tight supply/demand balance in NSW over the week (4th June to 8th June 2018) triggers various activity
Over the prior week (Monday 4th June to Friday 8th June 2018), the NSW region – and, to a lesser extent, the broader NEM – experienced a tight supply/demand balance. In response to what was happening during the week, we…
“The Australian” used NEM-watch Live Generation widget to illustrate fuel mix
In his article “Rush to renewables as coal cools” in the Australian on Thursday 7th September, Andrew White used a reproduction of the RenewEconomy-sponsored NEM-Watch Fuel Type Widget to help his readers understand the fuel mix that was occurring for…
The Advertiser uses the NEM-watch Widget in explanation
Monday 31st July 2017 was a day (one of an increasing number in recent years) when dispatch prices for energy in South Australia dropped below $0/MWh – and, in this case, down to the Market Floor of -$1,000/MWh for the…
References to WattClarity “astonishing Q2 prices” article referenced in various locations
On Thursday 6th July 2017, I posted this analysis on WattClarity ® about some “off the chart” movements in average prices, and pricing patterns, across all 5 regions of the NEM – but most pronounced in VIC, TAS and SA.…
References to Wattclarity “wind drought” article in newspaper reports
On Friday 30th June 2017, I posted this analysis on WattClarity ® about the low levels of aggregate wind production seen across the NEM through June 2017. Matt Chambers, resources reporter at The Australian picked up this article and added…
About media quote on solar panels being “mostly useless” late in the day
During the national heatwave of February 2016, we fielded many calls from journalists and saw an increasing number of parties use (or embed) a variety of our bite-sized widgets, all focused at making some aspects of complexity more understandable. One…