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/
https://msandifo.github.io/
Why should we absolve SANTOS for their poor performance in their coal seam gas fields - "privatise the profits, socialise the costs" no longer. Not only did their shortfalls contribute to massive local rises in domestic gas prices, but the boost in electricity demand (~10% in QLD) ...
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Why should we absolve SANTOS for their poor performance in their coal seam gas fields - "privatise the profits, socialise the costs" no longer. Not only did their shortfalls contribute to massive local rises in domestic gas prices, but the boost in electricity demand (~10% in QLD) ...
2017 reflections from John Ellice-Flint (former SANTOS CEO, and leading proponent of Australian CSG development in the "noughties") on the impending disaster (paywalled on the Australian, so macrobusiness summary here) www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/03/form...
Former Santos boss blames everyone else
Via The Australian comes former Santos chief executive John Ellice-Flint: “Australia’s east coast gas supply dilemma can be viewed as the total failure of users — utilities and manufacturers — to cont...
www.macrobusiness.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2017 reflections from John Ellice-Flint (former SANTOS CEO, and leading proponent of Australian CSG development in the "noughties") on the impending disaster (paywalled on the Australian, so macrobusiness summary here) www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/03/form...
Mithaka country www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Mithaka country www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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.
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
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.
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.
Elevated Solution notches - Lindos (south coast of Rhodos)
July 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Elevated Solution notches - Lindos (south coast of Rhodos)
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
The Accursed Mountains (Peaks of the Balkans Trail) - Valbonё – Çerem, Albania, (photo taken on side track to Vusanje, Montenegro)
Laugevegur trail - Markarfljótsgljúfur Canyon at Emstrur
July 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Laugevegur trail - Markarfljótsgljúfur Canyon at Emstrur
Laugavegur Trail - view over Lake Álftavatn (on trail section from Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn)
July 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Laugavegur Trail - view over Lake Álftavatn (on trail section from Hrafntinnusker to Álftavatn)
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
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.
The amazing Channel country rivers in flood (courtesy Copernicus browser Sentinel-2).
May 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The amazing Channel country rivers in flood (courtesy Copernicus browser Sentinel-2).
Western desert magic (Sentinel 2, L2A Moisture Index)
April 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Western desert magic (Sentinel 2, L2A Moisture Index)
Cf southern VIC wind farm forecast generation v inland QLD across 2024/ location matters
January 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Cf southern VIC wind farm forecast generation v inland QLD across 2024/ location matters
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
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.
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.
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
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.
N* - Ratio of wind farm forecast dispatch overnight to daytime.
% VWP - volume weighted price of (forecast) wind farm dispatch.
1000 days now passed
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 PM
1000 days now passed
Back to the lathe
November 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Back to the lathe