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by stephen_g
1767 days ago
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Our grid demand has been fairly steady (obviously it varies by season) since 2008 or so (probably due in part to some economic slowdown back then, but also energy efficiency improvements e.g. LED lighting, as well as behind the meter solar etc.) so all renewables added is displacing gas and coal in our electricity market. Looking at OpenNEM, coal peaked in 2007 at 84.9% of all power generated (averaged per month), and in July was 63.4% (record low was October 2020 with 62.5%). Gas looks to have peaked in Jan 2014 with 13%. Recent peak was June with 10.4% and record low was February with 4.6%. Renewables are now 29% over the last month, up from around 6% in 2008. Still a long way to go! |
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