Mike Sandiford
msandifo.bsky.social
Mike Sandiford
@msandifo.bsky.social
eternal husband/father/grandfather/sailor/scientist/walker (inc. among communities that for millennia have lived in the most dynamic and remote parts of our planet and some places beyond).
https://msandifo.github.io/
One of the most intriguing diagrams I have produced in a while ... at least for NEM/RE aficionados.
N* (y-axis) is ratio of midnight ± 3 hours to midday ±3 hours generation for QLD, NSW and VIC wind farms over the 12 months to end June 2025.
x-axis is wind farm dance from coastline.
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Elevated Solution notches - Lindos (south coast of Rhodos)
July 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Accursed Mountains (Peaks of the Balkans Trail) - Valbonё – Çerem, Albania, (photo taken on side track to Vusanje, Montenegro)
July 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Laugevegur trail - Markarfljótsgljúfur Canyon at Emstrur
July 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Laugavegur Trail - view over Lake Álftavatn (on trail section from Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn)
July 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
VIC1 spot and prices and demand, by hour of day (y-axis) and day of year (x-axis), for 12 months to end June '25.
July 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The amazing Channel country rivers in flood (courtesy Copernicus browser Sentinel-2).
May 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Western desert magic (Sentinel 2, L2A Moisture Index)
April 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Cf southern VIC wind farm forecast generation v inland QLD across 2024/ location matters
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Uh oh!
November 24, 2024 at 10:09 PM
So what gives with wind farm production? Here is the yearly average by time of day for NSW and QLD wind farms (expressed in capacity factor terms) and ordered by distance from the coast.
November 21, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Anyone who follows the NEM surprised by this? (shouldn’t be)

N* - Ratio of wind farm forecast dispatch overnight to daytime.

% VWP - volume weighted price of (forecast) wind farm dispatch.
November 20, 2024 at 11:00 PM
1000 days now passed
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Back to the lathe
November 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM