In the middle of the night, in the early hours of the 17th of August, we hit a new record!
Mistervint calculated that at 3am, the proportion of electricity being delivered to Australia's east coast by the wind hit 7.7%. That is 0.4% more than the previous record, which was set about 5 months ago.
If you want to live through the moment, without having to be awake at 3am on a Wednesday morning, you can do it here: http://mistervint.com/aemo/201108170300. (We suggest dressing in your pyjamas and standing in front of a strong fan blowing from the north).
Doubtlessly this new record came about because of the small but powerful low sitting off Australia's east coast, but also because a couple of new wind farms came online recently. Mistervint tracks new generation coming online in realtime to make sure that it is using the most recent data in its calculations.
Just a thought......we could make Mistervint announce new generators as it sees them generate for the first time. That is a pretty special moment for renewable generation, and it feels like it should be celebrated. What do you think? Leave a comment or email me.
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