Brad W
Brad W
@bradw.bsky.social
Interested in Western Australia's main electricity grid and other goings on in climate and energy.
Weekly summaries of the WEM.
He/Him.
WEM stats — week ending 25 January:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 22.8%
• Utility Solar: 3.3%
• Wind: 18.4%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 4.2% (2.6% Ren.)
• Gas: 30.6%
• Coal: 20.6%
• Distillate: 0.1%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 47.1%

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January 30, 2026 at 9:30 AM
WEM stats — week ending 18 January:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 25.2%
• Utility Solar: 3.3%
• Wind: 19.0%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 4.2% (2.7% Ren.)
• Gas: 29.5%
• Coal: 18.8%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 50.2%

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January 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
WEM stats — week ending 11 January:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 25.3%
• Utility Solar: 3.3%
• Wind: 22.0%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 4.4% (2.9% Ren.)
• Gas: 25.6%
• Coal: 19.4%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 53.5%

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January 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM
WEM Generation Summary for 2025:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 20.8%
• Utility Solar: 2.3%
• Wind: 16.7%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 2.3% (1.4% Ren.)
• Gas: 30.2%
• Coal: 27.7%
• Distillate: 0.1%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 41.2%

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January 11, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Change in WEM Generation 2024 vs 2025
Overall Month by month
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January 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
WEM stats — week ending 4 January:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 25.8%
• Utility Solar: 3.6%
• Wind: 18.4%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 4.9% (3.2% Ren.)
• Gas: 26.7%
• Coal: 20.6%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 51.0%

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January 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
WEM stats — week ending 28 December:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 25.1%
• Utility Solar: 3.8%
• Wind: 22.9%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 5.0% (3.5% Ren.)
• Gas: 22.7%
• Coal: 20.5%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 55.3%

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January 10, 2026 at 7:04 AM
WEM stats — week ending 21 December:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 25.6%
• Utility Solar: 2.9%
• Wind: 19.5%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.6% (2.5% Ren.)
• Gas: 29.4%
• Coal: 19.0%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 50.5%

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January 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
WEM stats — week ending 14 December:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 24.9%
• Utility Solar: 3.2%
• Wind: 19.5%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.4% (2.2% Ren.)
• Gas: 31.1%
• Coal: 17.9%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 49.8%

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January 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
WEM stats — week ending 7 December:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 30.7%
• Utility Solar: 3.5%
• Wind: 16.9%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.1% (2.3% Ren.)
• Gas: 25.0%
• Coal: 20.8%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 53.4%

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December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
WEM stats — week ending 30 November:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 31.4%
• Utility Solar: 3.9%
• Wind: 18.7%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.9% (3.1% Ren.)
• Gas: 21.3%
• Coal: 20.8%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 57.1%

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December 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
WEM stats — week ending 23 November:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 25.1%
• Utility Solar: 2.8%
• Wind: 16.6%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 2.9% (2.0% Ren.)
• Gas: 26.4%
• Coal: 26.2%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 46.5%

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November 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New highest percentage of renewables for a calendar week on the SWIS of 60.1%, for the week ending 16 November 2025.

New minimum scheduled demand on the SWIS of 318 MW recorded on 16 November 2025 at 8:00 AM.
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
WEM stats — week ending 16 November:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 34.0%
• Utility Solar: 3.2%
• Wind: 20.7%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 2.7% (2.2% Ren.)
• Gas: 20.1%
• Coal: 19.2%
• Distillate: 0.1%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 60.1%

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November 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New peak instantaneous percentage of renewables on the SWIS of 90.8%, recorded on 3 November 2025 at 11:05 AM.
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
WEM stats — week ending 9 November:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 29.1%
• Utility Solar: 2.9%
• Wind: 21.4%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.5% (2.6% Ren.)
• Gas: 22.1%
• Coal: 20.8%
• Distillate: 0.2%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 56.0%

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November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New peak instantaneous percentage of renewables on the SWIS of 89.2%, recorded on 2 November 2025 at 9:05 AM.

New minimum scheduled demand on the SWIS of 323 MW recorded on 2 November 2025 at 9:00 AM.

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November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
WEM stats — week ending 2 November:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 29.6%
• Utility Solar: 3.6%
• Wind: 19.0%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.4% (2.8% Ren.)
• Gas: 24.0%
• Coal: 20.4%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 55.0%

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November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
WEM stats — week ending 26 October:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 27.1%
• Utility Solar: 3.0%
• Wind: 15.9%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.0% (2.2% Ren.)
• Gas: 27.5%
• Coal: 23.5%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 48.2%

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October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WEM stats — week ending 19 October:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 29.0%
• Utility Solar: 3.4%
• Wind: 12.5%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.2% (2.4% Ren.)
• Gas: 24.1%
• Coal: 27.7%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 47.4%

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October 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
WEM stats — week ending 12 October:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 29.8%
• Utility Solar: 3.5%
• Wind: 12.2%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 2.7% (1.9% Ren.)
• Gas: 30.7%
• Coal: 21.1%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 47.4%

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October 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
WEM stats — week ending 5 October:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 23.7%
• Utility Solar: 2.7%
• Wind: 14.1%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.4% (2.3% Ren.)
• Gas: 31.8%
• Coal: 24.2%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 42.8%

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October 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
WEM stats — week ending 28 September:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 29.3%
• Utility Solar: 3.3%
• Wind: 16.2%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 3.2% (2.4% Ren.)
• Gas: 23.9%
• Coal: 24.1%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 51.2%

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October 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
WEM stats — week ending 21 September:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 23.2%
• Utility Solar: 2.4%
• Wind: 12.2%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 2.8% (1.7% Ren.)
• Gas: 30.5%
• Coal: 28.9%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 39.5%
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
WEM stats — week ending 14 September:

WEM generation by technology
• Rooftop Solar: 23.4%
• Utility Solar: 2.2%
• Wind: 18.4%
• Pumped Hydro: 0.0%
• Battery Discharge 2.8% (1.8% Ren.)
• Gas: 21.9%
• Coal: 31.3%
• Distillate: 0.0%

Renewable contribution to demand:
• WA: 45.8%

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September 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM