Company CEO, Paul McArdle, takes a look back at some of the highlights that stood out in calendar 2022.
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Reflections on 2022 via WattClarity
An overview of our WattClarity coverage throughout 2022, in what was a very eventful year for the energy market.
Helping to highlight new record lows for Scheduled Demand across the NEM
During the months of August and September, scheduled demand across the NEM reached new record lows in multiple regions. As Paul McArdle noted in his analysis on WattClarity, many underlying factors contributed to this trend – the most notable…
WattClarity helps explore the effect of bushfires on the NEM
The severe and ongoing bushfires currently raging across Australia have grabbed attention nationally and internationally. Through WattClarity, we have sought to cover the implications of the bushfires on grid reliability and system security with events still unfolding as of mid-January.…
Adding insight as high temperatures begin to test the grid in Victoria
With soaring temperatures being expected right across the country today, our CEO Paul McArdle took to WattClarity and Twitter yesterday following the AEMO issuing a LOR2 warning for Victoria. Paul noted that Loy Yang A’s Unit 2 was still out…
Negative prices leave many bemused, as Global-Roam helps to explain
Over on WattClarity, Paul first noted a growing trend of Queensland region prices dropping below $0/MWh at the end of August, as that trend continued into September more discussion on the topic was published on the site with Allan O’Neil…
Generator Report Card released as various national media cover it’s key insights
After a monster collaborative effort from the team at Global-Roam and Greenview Strategic Consulting, our Generator Report Card was released on May 31st, 2019. A full announcement and purchase instructions are available on WattClarity. The report includes 180 pages of…
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…