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If anyone wants another example, this has data for Australia [1]. Power usage consistently peaks in the late afternoon, typically as everyone ends work for the
by jimmydorry 5y ago
If anyone wants another example, this has data for Australia [1]. Power usage consistently peaks in the late afternoon, typically as everyone ends work for the day [2][3]. Unsurprisingly, this is also around when the price spikes.
[1] https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/data-nem/data-dashboard-nem https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/electricity/national-e...
[2] https://i.imgur.com/60kGlIR.png https://i.imgur.com/60kGlIR.png
[3] https://i.imgur.com/nRjBjeN.png https://i.imgur.com/nRjBjeN.png
- widdma 5y agoIt's worth pointing out AEMO's demand is for the grid, and residential solar typically does not show up on the grid. OpenNEM[1] uses estimates of residential solar to approximate the full load. [1]: https://opennem.org.au/ https://opennem.org.au/