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As countries grow wealthier there is a mild decline in energy intensity

GPP v energy, Source:“world in data”,wikipedia

Sometimes Barnaby Joyce talks nonsense about renewable energy

My father David Leitch was the Country Party State Member for Armidale in the mid 1970s. Later Mum was Mayor of Armidale. Dad, dux of his year, deferred university to join…

More transmission please

analysis

nem

distribution

The following figure shows a rolling 90 day average of actual and the AEMO prescribed limit of transmission northward from Victoria to NSW between the hours of 10:00 am and…

8 hour average prices

jot

nem

prices

One of the things I am constantly on about these days is the value of power over duration. Given a choice between more power and more duration I choose the former.

Gas sankey

jot

gas

DCCEEW produce some great Sankey diagrams and today I highlight gas supply and demand. Data relates to 2022. The figure makes it very obvious that most gas goes to LNG, and…

Move over once, move over twice

analysis

nem

gas

Under construction,Source:wwww.renewmap.com

Progress,source: NEM review

Over 50% in late 2025, source: ITK estimates

Gas share and price premium in Sth Australia

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nem

sa

gas

The following chart shows a six year 365 day rolling history of the gas share of demand (demand includes net imports), compared to the South Australian price premium. The…

Futures

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nem

futures

“NSW annd QLD”

“Vic and SA”