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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

054 - Coal production by state

The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science makes a yearly energy statistics report available on their website here. It's full of interesting stuff - below is a selection showing total coal production by state (black and brown). Check the website for some caveats on coal definitions by state.

053 - Australian renewable generation - wind is catching up with hydro

The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science makes a yearly energy statistics report available on their website here. It's full of interesting stuff - below is a selection showing total Australian renewable energy output.

052 - Aus energy intensity by state

The Office of the Chief Economist's Energy Statistics database is a comprehensive annual long-term look at Australian energy, within the Government's Department of Innovation, Industry and Science. The chart below is extracted from their 2016 report and shows total energy intensity - the number of gigajoules consumed per unit of Gross State Product (GSP).

051 - Aus energy consumption per capita by state

The Office of the Chief Economist's Energy Statistics database is a comprehensive annual long-term look at Australian energy, within the Government's Department of Innovation, Industry and Science. The chart below is extracted from their 2016 report and shows total energy consumption per capita.