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.