As Australia's electricity system transitions towards renewable energy, understanding how extreme weather affects generation is critical. This talk examines how heatwaves alter wind power output across the National Electricity Market, using high-resolution climate reanalysis and dispatch timeseries. The results reveal how large-scale heatwave conditions interact with local weather and terrain to reshape daily wind generation patterns, with important implications for energy storage, grid reliability, and renewable energy planning.

 

Mehara Salpadoru is an MPhil candidate at the Fenner School of Environment & Society, conducting interdisciplinary research on energy systems and climate science.