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Power generation Archive
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NSW coal fired power plants generation in late January 2019
Posted on February 5, 2019 | No CommentsFig 1: NSW power generation, prices and temperatures We see the critical day was Thursday, Jan 31st with temperatures up to 39.3 degrees. Coal generation was 8,853 MW (out of […] -
Victoria became power importer in January 2019 heatwave
Posted on January 29, 2019 | No CommentsFig 1: 7 days power generation in Victoria (screenshot from the Open NEM website) https://opennem.org.au/#/regions/vic In order to understand the above graph we have to know how Excel is dealing […] -
Victoria’s 600 MW brown coal plant outage leads to price spike but system survives
Posted on January 23, 2019 | No CommentsYesterday, 22 Jan 2019, total power demand on Australia’s East Coast reached – just like 5 days earlier – the 35 GW mark. Fig 1: Power generation by source for […] -
NSW power imports in January 2019 heatwave exceed 2 GW, drive up electricity prices
Posted on January 21, 2019 | No CommentsMaximum demand for electricity increased from 9,500 MW on 13 Jan 2019 (16:00) to a whopping 14,000 MW on 17 Jan 2019 (17:30). Fig 1: Heatwave pushing up power demand […] -
Victoria brown coal power plant lost 1,600 MW over 4 hrs
Posted on August 4, 2018 | No CommentsWho can give a National Energy Guarantee? A better energy future for Australia https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/better-energy-future-australia Something must have happened at a brown coal fired power plant in Victoria, on 2 August […] -
Sydney go on your rooftops and save power for 3 million new immigrants
Posted on July 20, 2018 | No CommentsThe latest report “Integrated System Plan” of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) assumes that power consumption on Australia’s East Coast will stay rather flat despite government engineered immigration resulting […] -
NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 2)
Posted on March 16, 2018 | No CommentsPart 2 Eraring, Mt Piper, Vales Pt Introduction: The NSW government is selling Snowy Hydro to the Federal Government, thereby demonstrating beyond doubt that it is abrogating its duty of […] -
NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 1)
Posted on March 14, 2018 | No Comments14/3/2018 Part 1 Bayswater and Liddell power plants Introduction The Australian public has no idea how tight Australia’s power generation is in hot summers. A recent 4 corners program on population […] -
Australia’s east coast solar generation is replacing coal by only 2% in late summer
Posted on March 11, 2018 | No CommentsThis is an analysis of late summer. Data are taken from Open NEM: http://opennem.org.au/# The graphs in this post are a bit different from those on the above website Fig […] -
Power supply in Australia’s New South Wales: how will it cope in coming heatwave?
Posted on January 28, 2017 | No CommentsThis post on power supplies will be updated from time to time as we sweat through the coming days. Figs 1,3 and 4 are based on data available on Fri, […]
![NSW coal fired power plants generation in late January 2019 Fig 1: NSW power generation, prices and temperatures We see the critical day was Thursday, Jan 31st with temperatures up to 39.3 degrees. Coal generation was 8,853 MW (out of […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Liddell_28Jan-2Feb2019-115x115.jpg)
![Victoria became power importer in January 2019 heatwave Fig 1: 7 days power generation in Victoria (screenshot from the Open NEM website) https://opennem.org.au/#/regions/vic In order to understand the above graph we have to know how Excel is dealing […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-Exports-Imports-17-26Jan2019-115x115.jpg)
![Victoria’s 600 MW brown coal plant outage leads to price spike but system survives Yesterday, 22 Jan 2019, total power demand on Australia’s East Coast reached – just like 5 days earlier – the 35 GW mark. Fig 1: Power generation by source for […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-generation_22Jan2019-115x115.jpg)
![NSW power imports in January 2019 heatwave exceed 2 GW, drive up electricity prices Maximum demand for electricity increased from 9,500 MW on 13 Jan 2019 (16:00) to a whopping 14,000 MW on 17 Jan 2019 (17:30). Fig 1: Heatwave pushing up power demand […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW_power_generation_17Jan2019-115x115.jpg)
![Victoria brown coal power plant lost 1,600 MW over 4 hrs Who can give a National Energy Guarantee? A better energy future for Australia https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/better-energy-future-australia Something must have happened at a brown coal fired power plant in Victoria, on 2 August […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-power-generation-3Aug2018-115x115.jpg)
![Sydney go on your rooftops and save power for 3 million new immigrants The latest report “Integrated System Plan” of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) assumes that power consumption on Australia’s East Coast will stay rather flat despite government engineered immigration resulting […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW-power-demand-price_16Jul2018-115x115.jpg)
![NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 2) Part 2 Eraring, Mt Piper, Vales Pt Introduction: The NSW government is selling Snowy Hydro to the Federal Government, thereby demonstrating beyond doubt that it is abrogating its duty of […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Eraring1_Jan2018-RG-115x115.jpg)
![NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 1) 14/3/2018 Part 1 Bayswater and Liddell power plants Introduction The Australian public has no idea how tight Australia’s power generation is in hot summers. A recent 4 corners program on population […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Liddell_30-31Jan2018-115x115.jpg)
![Australia’s east coast solar generation is replacing coal by only 2% in late summer This is an analysis of late summer. Data are taken from Open NEM: http://opennem.org.au/# The graphs in this post are a bit different from those on the above website Fig […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NEM-daylight-generation_22Feb2018-115x115.jpg)
![Power supply in Australia’s New South Wales: how will it cope in coming heatwave? This post on power supplies will be updated from time to time as we sweat through the coming days. Figs 1,3 and 4 are based on data available on Fri, […]](http://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW_generation_vs_demand_28Jan-3Feb2017-115x115.jpg)