Coal vs gas in the NEM over 10 years

Coal share has fallen 20 percentage points since 2014. Gas has held flat.

Series in this chart

  • Coal share/v1/energy/generation-mix
  • Gas share/v1/energy/generation-mix

Code that produces this

cURL
curl https://api.ausdata.io/v1/energy/generation-mix \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Methodology

Annual MWh share by fuel type, NEM total.

Takeaways

  • Gas is peaking plant, not baseload, in the NEM.
  • Coal exit accelerated post 2018.

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