Tracking Australia’s shift to renewable energy just got a whole lot easier thanks to a new tool from The Superpower Institute. Launched yesterday, the ‘Records’ feature is part of the Open Electricity platform, designed to turn complex grid data into easy-to-understand insights, specifically highlighting new milestones as they happen.
This interactive tool automatically identifies and displays significant achievements, like record highs for wind or solar power generation, or lows for coal. It provides a clear, shareable view of how Australia’s electricity system is evolving towards a greener future.
Each record identified comes with a snapshot view and a shareable link, complete with a graph showing historical context. This makes it incredibly useful for journalists, researchers, or anyone interested in tracking Australia’s progress towards its net zero emissions targets.
Just recently, Open Electricity has flagged some interesting milestones:
Queensland Wind Generation High On April 8th, wind generation in Queensland hit a new peak at 1054 MW.
NSW Coal Generation Low New South Wales saw its coal generation dip to a record low of 1445 MW on April 5th.
Victoria Battery Discharge High Victoria set a record for battery discharge early on April 5th, reaching 515 MW.
NEM Battery Charge Record The entire National Electricity Market (NEM) achieved a record for total battery charging in a single day – 5050 MWh – on April 4th.
Open Electricity puts the transformation of Australia’s energy system in full view. It’s a powerful tool for tracking change and trends in real time and is a critical tool for journalists and the public to see data as it happens,. With real time insight into the performance and progress of the electricity system, we can track Australia’s progress toward the enormous economic opportunity of becoming a global leader in green energy.
Baethan Mullen, CEO at The Superpower Institute.
The new record tool builds on Open Electricity’s core aim of improving visibility and understanding of the unfolding energy transition. It further enables insights and informed debate about the evolution of the electricity system.
Dylan McConnell, an energy systems researcher at UNSW.
Open Electricity itself is an evolution of the popular OpenNEM platform, rebuilt with support from The Superpower Institute. Beyond just records, the platform offers several powerful tools:
Real-time NEM Analysis Visualise fluctuations on the NEM by price, emissions intensity, and generation type as they happen.
Future Scenarios Explorer Understand the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) decarbonisation scenarios mapping pathways to net-zero by 2050.
System Snapshot View the carbon intensity of each state’s electricity generation and see how power flows across state borders.
Analysis Section Access expert commentary on NEM matters and Australia’s transition to a net zero economy.
This platform is part of The Superpower Institute’s push for Open, Accessible, Auditable Data (OAAD), joining their Open Methane tool launched last October. For those wanting live updates, dedicated X and Bluesky accounts automatically post new records as they occur.
For more information, head to https://openelectricity.org.au/records
