Wind speed and electricity demand correlation analysis in
the Australian National Electricity Market: Determining wind turbine generators» ability to meet electricity demand without energy storage
The motivations for the study are twofold, the poor medium term predictions of electricity demand in
the Australian National Electricity Market and the continued rise in peak demand but reduction in overall demand.
The methodology compares the difference between net and gross demand of the 50 nodes in
the Australian National Electricity Market using half hourly data from 2007 to 2011.
This paper analyses wind speed and electricity demand correlation to determine the ability of wind turbine generators to meet electricity demand in
the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) without the aid of energy storage.
Elliston, B, MacGill, I & Diesendorf, M 2013, «Least cost 100 % renewable electricity scenarios in
the Australian National Electricity Market», Energy Policy, vol.
This requirement ensues that more comprehensive solar intensity data be provided by the Bureau of Meteorology and that
the Australian National Electricity Market Operator provide data in GIS format of each demand node using the Australian Statistical Geography Standard developed by Australian Bureau of Statistics to enable easier integration of large quantities of geographic data from a number of sources.
Cutler, NJ, Boerema, ND, MacGill, IF & Outhred, HR 2011, «High penetration wind generation impacts on spot prices in
the Australian national electricity market», Energy Policy, vol.
The Australian Clean Energy Finance Corporation, in their submission to the Finkel Report into the Future Security of
the Australian National Electricity Market stated that:
Bell, WP, Wild, P, Foster, J & Hewson, M 2015, «Wind speed and electricity demand correlation analysis in
the Australian National Electricity Market: Determining wind turbine generators» ability to meet electricity demand without energy storage», Economic Analysis & Policy, vol.
Climate change, Collinsville, electricity demand, Demand management, dispatch forecasting, Electricity, Energy Consumption, Energy economics, Future proofing, LFR, Linear Fresnel Reflector, mitigation,
Australian national electricity market, NEM, power purchase agreements, PPA, Queensland, Australia, Renewable energy, solar energy, solar thermal
Bell, William Paul and Wild, Phillip and Foster, John and Michael, Hewson (2015): Wind speed and electricity demand correlation analysis in
the Australian National Electricity Market: Determining wind turbine generators» ability to meet electricity demand without energy storage.
You may find this interesting regarding the cost of pumped hydro and of battery storage to store sufficient energy from intermittent energy sources like solar and wind to meet the demand of
the Australian National Electricity Market: http://bravenewclimate.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/peter-lang-solar-realities.pdf
Tim, I linked previously to a report from
the Australian national electricity regulator showing that price of electricity to both domestic and industrial users is dramatically lower in Australia than in countries such as France and Japan which get a large proportion of their power from nuclear energy.
This post http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/08/16/solar-power-realities-supply-demand-storage-and-costs/ provides a limit analysis of the cost to supply
the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) with electricity to meet the demand using either nuclear only or solar PV and energy storage only.
It considers the 1/2 hourly demand in
the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) in 2010 with all generation to be from a PV power station at a single location where the output profile is known in detail and a pumped hydro energy storage.
Bell, William Paul (2012): Reviewing the climate change adaptation readiness of
the Australian national electricity market institutions.
The report's wider appeal is the techniques and methods used to model
the Australian National Electricity Market's (NEM) demand and wholesale spot prices for the lifetime of the proposed plant.
As of 2016/06/27 the 56 MW project has a power purchase agreement with Origin Energy in place and it had begun feeding electricity into
the Australian national electricity grid.
-- requirement is to power
the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) in 2010 with all generation from a fixed solar PV array from a single point in NSW (South Eastern Australia)[this is not claimed to be a realistic option, just a way to simplify the analysis and its presentation]
This chart shows the wind farm output and capacity factor for all wind farms and total in
the Australian National Electricity Market: http://windfarmperformance.info/?date=2014-01-15.
Bell, William Paul (2012): The impact of climate change on generation and transmission in
the Australian national electricity market.
Not exact matches
David Brewster and Beth Griggs, «Competition Issues in the
Electricity Industry - The
Australian Gas Light Company v
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission» [2004] AURELawJl 36; (2004) 23 (1)
Australian Resources and Energy Law Journal 98 Stephen G Corones, «Informal merger clearance process under scrutiny:
Australian Gas Light Company v ACCC» (2004) 32 (2)
Australian Business Law Review 147 - 151 (abstract only) Rajat Sood, «Implications of AGL v ACCC — Market Power and Competition in the
National Electricity Market» (2004) 32
Australian Business Law Review 375
The eastern
Australian grid (the so - called
National Electricity Market, NEM) and the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) in Western Australia.
Since pretty much the start of the
National Electricity Market more than a decade ago, the
Australian power industry has regarded the annual
Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) as their bible to help pinpoint where a new coal or gas - fired generator might be needed to meet rising demand.
*** Renewables «can't cope with sudden surges» The
Australian Michael Owen 16 December 2016 Renewable power sources can not cope with rapid or large changes in frequency, leading ultimately to a «black system», a report by a
national electricity regulator says.
SA's plan to import
electricity from Victoria a threat to stability: AEMO The
Australian Michael Owen 21 January 2017 A plan for South Australia to import more baseload power from Victoria to ease its power crisis has been suspended by the
national electricity market operator because of a «potential stability issue» linked to the state's -LSB-...]
A 2009 study on the negative effects of power generation by the
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), «The hidden costs of
electricity: externalities of power generation in Australia» calculated the greenhouse impacts and health damage costs of different power generation technologies including coal, gas, wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear energy, and determined that health costs of burning coal are equivalent to a
national health burden of around $ A2.6 billion per annum.
The State Government retained ownership of the wholesale market operator Victorian Power Exchange (VPX), which was subsequently reorganised with its market and system operation functions being transferred to the
National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO) and its transmission planning functions being transferred to VENCorp (now
Australian Energy Markets Operator — AEMO).