Whilst we were distracted adding new functionality to Mistervint (customisable reporting on any generator, or collection of generators in the NEM anybody?), we hit another record!
At 4:50 AM on the 3rd of September (Saturday morning) wind generation was providing 8% of the total amount of electricity being used in the NEM.
Being very early on a Saturday morning, total demand for electricity was down, and as we have just entered Spring, demand has moderated (less electric heating). So this record wasn't driven by new generators. Instead this record was driven by a fall in total electricity demand, coupled with some nice wind (in the right places).
Regardless, any electricity used in the east of Australia from about 9 o'clock PM on September 2nd till the 2 o'clock PM was more than 6% powered by the wind. With any luck you got a lot of your electricity hungry jobs done on Saturday!
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