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National and State Renewable Energy stats

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The stats for March - a slightly better performance than in February. The renewable percentage is up 360 basis points from the same month last year, 630 basis points from 2 years ago and 970 basis points from 3 years ago.

Renewable energy generation for March - average for the month:
  • National - 38.6%
  • TAS - 99.7%
  • SA - 78.1%
  • WA - 39.9%
  • VIC - 37.8%
  • NSW - 34.6%
  • QLD - 27.5%
Peak renewable generation for March - and time of occurrence:
  • National - 69.6% on 09 Mar 12:15
  • TAS - 100.0% on many occasions
  • SA - 98.3% on 02 Mar 16:45
  • WA - 75.7% on 10 Mar 15:00
  • NSW - 73.2% on 30 Mar 13:00
  • VIC - 69.6% on 09 Mar 12:30
  • QLD - 61.6% on 30 Mar 13:45
Daytime renewable performance for March - renewable percentage when solar production is not zero:
  • National - 45.2%
  • TAS - 99.7%
  • SA - 81.5%
  • WA - 49.8%
  • NSW - 45.9%
  • VIC - 45.9%
  • QLD - 37.9%
Nighttime renewable performance for March - renewable percentage when solar production is zero:
  • National - 23.7%
  • TAS - 99.8%
  • SA - 71.8%
  • WA - 27.2%
  • VIC - 26.2%
  • NSW - 16.1%
  • QLD - 10.1%
Diurnal renewable hardness for March - ratio of nighttime renewable percentage to daytime:
  • National - 0.52
  • TAS - 1.00
  • SA - 0.88
  • VIC - 0.57
  • WA - 0.55
  • NSW - 0.35
  • QLD - 0.27
Small Scale / Rooftop solar as a proportion of all generation for March - invisible to AEMO:
  • National - 13.1%
  • SA - 24.6%
  • WA - 20.0%
  • NSW - 12.4%
  • VIC - 11.7%
  • QLD - 11.2%
  • TAS - 5.4%
Renewable mix for March - solar includes small-scale solar, hydro includes pumped hydro:
  • National - Wind: 33.6%, Solar: 53.3%, Hydro: 13.2%
  • NSW - Wind: 23.3%, Solar: 67.8%, Hydro: 8.9%
  • QLD - Wind: 19.0%, Solar: 73.8%, Hydro: 7.2%
  • SA - Wind: 56.5%, Solar: 43.5%, Hydro: 0.0%
  • TAS - Wind: 20.7%, Solar: 5.5%, Hydro: 73.9%
  • VIC - Wind: 45.6%, Solar: 42.1%, Hydro: 12.3%
  • WA - Wind: 50.0%, Solar: 50.0%, Hydro: 0.0%
SNSWNB Index for March - sun not shining wind not blowing index: total duration in minutes spread across N separate periods:
  • National - 0 minutes across 0 periods
  • NSW - 0 minutes across 0 periods
  • QLD - 0 minutes across 0 periods
  • SA - 0 minutes across 0 periods
  • TAS - 135 minutes across 3 periods
  • VIC - 0 minutes across 0 periods
  • WA - 0 minutes across 0 periods