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A short note today to record that (on Thursday 17th November 2022) we upgraded the popular Live Supply & Demand widget in a number of ways – including:

Enhancement #1) We added in four (two for each grid) percentages to show instantaneous penetration:

(a) of renewables, and

(b) more importantly, of VRE (Variable Renewable Energy);

Enhancement #2) We added in (and included a direct link to) an explanation of this particular data here on WattClarity; and

Enhancement #3) For NEM regions we’ve replaced the APVi estimates for rooftop PV with estimates from the AEMO:

... there were a number of reasons for doing this, but a compelling reason is that we’ve found the APVI data feed to be increasingly unreliable in recent times (and many widget users have let us know about that via the feedback function). Adding in the percentages added even more reason to change to the AEMO estimates.

Here’s a view of how it looks alongside of an article from yesterday on RenewEconomy specifically speaking about a high point record for instantaneous renewable generation in the SWIS grid in Western Australia:

We trust you will find this useful.

Early last week we made v10.3 of NEMwatch available to download for our existing clients. The release contained a bug fix to one of the pricing metrics along with some other minor tweaks to the interface. Just after release, the software was featured in some of the coverage of QLD’s heatwave that ended with prolonged extreme wholesale prices in the state.

NEMwatch v10.3 released

The release of v10.3 corrected an issue that arose after the implementation of 5-minute settlement in October 2021, where the ‘cumulative price’ metric displayed was based on 30-minute intervals that were previously used in it’s calculations. This has now been fixed and the cumulative price is now calculated based on the market’s newly implements 5-minute settlement intervals. In addition to this, the release also included minor tweaks to some labels and colours in the main interface.

You can download the latest version of the software here.

NEMwatch used to explain QLD’s early February heatwave

Just as we had finished releasing these changes last week, Queensland was experiencing a heatwave which resulted in volatile prices and a load-shedding near-miss. Screenshots from NEMwatch were used on WattClarity to exhibit demand rising to peak levels last Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, our very own Paul McArdle was quoted in the Australian Financial Review’s coverage of the potential blackouts where he predicted a long run of extreme prices for the state that evening.

NEMwatch v10.2 released

September 28, 2021

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Behind the scenes, we’ve been working on an upgrade to the NEMwatchTM application for some time (you might have seen some early snapshots in articles like these on WattClarity®). On Monday 27th September 2021, we released v10.2 of NEMwatch and made it publicly accessible for licensed users. With the market’s looming shift to Five Minute…

Popular NEM-Watch Fuel Mix Widget upgraded to a “Live Supply and Demand Widget”

November 25, 2017

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As noted here in this article on Wattclarity about the commencement of operations at what’s currently “the world’s biggest battery” in South Australia, we have upgraded the popular NEM-Watch Fuel Mix widget to show both sides of the battery operation. Here’s the view from WattClarity: The upgraded widget is being finalised (with feedback definitely welcomed)…

NEM-Watch Version 10.1.2 Released

October 29, 2015

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We are proud to announce the release of the latest version of NEM-Watch. The newest version includes improvements to the chart and alarm functionalities as well as a number of small enhancements and bug fixes that will improve overall performance. New Features This release includes: Generation by Fuel Type charts including small and large solar…

Early version of NEM-Watch v10 released

March 27, 2015

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On Friday 20th March 2015, we notified existing NEM-Watch clients that an early release of NEM-Watch version 10 was available to them. This early release (v10.0.4) was linked on the downloads page of this new portal. There’s still more we are planning to introduce into the v10 upgrade later this year, when we return to…

NEM-Watch v10 Beta Testing Begins

February 24, 2015

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Beta testing for NEM-Watch v10 has begun.

NEM-Watch Release v8

December 1, 2008

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There were a number of early versions of NEM-Watch v8 released through the 2008 calendar year. We finally wrapped up development (with v8.2.5) in December 2008.