Thursday 20 July 2017

100 - New large-scale solar plants 2016

The Clean Energy Council's 2016 renewable energy report is a great summary of some vital statistics on Australian renewable energy from a variety of states.

The chart below shows a stack of new large scale solar farms in Australia 


99 - Total investment by tech and state - under construction

The Clean Energy Council's 2016 renewable energy report is a great summary of some vital statistics on Australian renewable energy from a variety of states.

The chart below shows total investment in each state for projects currently under construction. 

98 - Total gen by state and tech type 2016

The Clean Energy Council's 2016 renewable energy report is a great summary of some vital statistics on Australian renewable energy from a variety of states.

The chart below compares the output from fossil fuels to the output from renewable energy in each state. 


97 - Households powered by tech type

The Clean Energy Council's 2016 renewable energy report is a great summary of some vital statistics on Australian renewable energy from a variety of states.

The chart below shows how many households you could power with the output of each renewable energy technology in 2016.


96 - Renewable energy share by tech, 2016 (of RE and total)

The Clean Energy Council's 2016 renewable energy report is a great summary of some vital statistics on Australian renewable energy from a variety of states.

The chart below shows renewable penetration as a percentage of all renewables and as a percentage of all output on the NEM.


086 - NEM generation by fuel type

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows changes in electricity generation in the national electricity market. Though coal is going up, variable renewables and hydro are catching up with gas and coal. Compare 2012 to 2016 - that's a fair bit of change for four years, though there's still a long way to go.


087 - Fugitive emissions

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows fugitive emissions for coal and gas

95 - Total bill - actuals vs forecast

As part of a recent blog post, I gathered up a bunch of data from the Australian Energy Markets Commission's analysis of Australian electricity bills. These charts are an expansion of that analysis.

The chart below shows what the forecasted value for the total bill cost, in cents per kilowatt hour was in the two years leading up to a year, alongside what the actual value for that year was.


94 - Network costs actuals vs forecast

As part of a recent blog post, I gathered up a bunch of data from the Australian Energy Markets Commission's analysis of Australian electricity bills. These charts are an expansion of that analysis.

The chart below shows what the forecasted value for the Network component was in the two years leading up to a year, alongside what the actual value for that year was.


93 - LRET Actuals vs Forecast

As part of a recent blog post, I gathered up a bunch of data from the Australian Energy Markets Commission's analysis of Australian electricity bills. These charts are an expansion of that analysis.

The chart below shows what the forecasted value for the Large-scale renewable energy target component was in the two years leading up to a year, alongside what the actual value for that year was.


92 - AEMC bill breakdown by total cents per kwh

As part of a recent blog post, I gathered up a bunch of data from the Australian Energy Markets Commission's analysis of Australian electricity bills. These charts are an expansion of that analysis.

The chart below shows the breakdown of electricity bills by year, by the total cents per kilowatt hour for each component.


91 - AEMC bill breakdown by percent of total

As part of a recent blog post, I gathered up a bunch of data from the Australian Energy Markets Commission's analysis of Australian electricity bills. These charts are an expansion of that analysis.

The chart below shows a breakdown of electricity bills, shown as a percentage.


90 - SA battery public views

South Australia's big new battery, which got a lot of public attention, has been tested in a poll - which shows amazingly tripartisan support for the new technology in South Australia, something very rare for new energy technology.



089 - NEM generation vs elec emissions

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows the generation mix vs the total emissions for electricity - which have increased as coal's share has increased, over the past few years.


088 - Non-hydro renewables are the only growing NEM tech

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows calculated change in output from the previous year, in total terawatt hours, for the NEM, by technology.


Wednesday 19 July 2017

085 - NEM demand history

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

This chart answers the question - is demand going up or down? Of course, the answer is 'sort of both' - it's been relatively steady since 2015.

Tuesday 18 July 2017

084 - Change in emissions, by sector

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows total change in emissions, by sector. Most interesting is electricity, which saw a period of decrease but has, in the past few years, started climbing back up again.


Monday 17 July 2017

083 - Emissions by sector

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows total emissions by sector, with a clear decrease in land use, and electricity still dominating all the sectors in totals.


Sunday 16 July 2017

082 - Australia's increasing emissions

Some recent news - the Australian Government Department of Energy recently released the 'National Greenhouse Gas Inventory' - a big, all-encompassing update of exactly how much Australia is emitting into the Earth's atmosphere through the operation of our economy. There'a whole stack of data in the December 2016 update.

The chart below shows the total emissions from 2006 to 2016 - the latest figure, for Dec 2016, is the highest in the data set made available in the file.


Thursday 13 July 2017

081 - Wholesale price history, NEM

A simple monthly average by state, showing wholesale electricity price. The trends are clear, and there's not a huge amount of variation between the states.


Wednesday 12 July 2017

080 - New renewable power stations map

An interesting data set from the Clean Energy Regulator showing the new power stations that were accredited in 2016 and the first half of 2017, along with new power stations that are set to be built, shown on a map. Enjoy!


Tuesday 11 July 2017

079 - New renewable energy power stations in Australia

An interesting data set from the Clean Energy Regulator showing the new power stations that were accredited in 2016 and the first half of 2017, along with new power stations that are set to be built, shown by state and technology type. Enjoy!


Monday 10 July 2017

078 - Solar hot water installations map

Also from the Clean Energy Regulator - a map of the total number of installations of solar hot water systems, as part of the small scale renewable energy scheme, by postcode. Enjoy!


Sunday 9 July 2017

077 - Small wind turbine installations in Australia map

The Clean Energy Regulator makes installation data for small-scale wind turbines available as part of their incentive scheme - the map shows installed capacity by postcode.


Thursday 6 July 2017

076 - How climate issues affect voting decisions

A great poll from Essential on how climate issues impact voting decisions:


Wednesday 5 July 2017

075 - Mining industry views on why the public perceive the mining industry negatively

An interesting snapshot of what mining industry executives think the reasons are for low public support for the mining industry - via this AFR article.


Tuesday 4 July 2017

074 - Renewable energy support vs coal support

This poll illustrates the broad support for renewable energy investment, compared to very low support for coal. Out of LNP voters, 57% prefer renewable investment compared to 26% coal.


Monday 3 July 2017

073 - Clean energy target support by hypothetical price impact

Another fascinating poll from Essential - getting an idea of support for a clean energy target policy, and how that changes depending on price impact.

The original Finkel modelling found the price impact would be negative - ie, the policy would result in lower prices, which wasn't modelled by the pollsters below - a bit of a shame, to be honest.