Live fuel type breakdown across all six Australian energy regions, updated every 30 minutes from AEMO generation data.
Australia's electricity generation mix shows the real-time proportion of each fuel type contributing to the grid: coal, gas, solar, wind, hydro and battery storage. This mix changes continuously as generators are dispatched by AEMO to meet demand, respond to weather conditions and follow market price signals.
In the National Electricity Market (NEM), generation data is published at 5-minute dispatch intervals for NSW, VIC, SA, QLD and TAS. In the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM), Western Australia publishes facility-level SCADA data separately. gridIQ aggregates both sources by fuel type every 30 minutes to provide a unified view across all six regions.
The generation mix directly drives two of the most important variables for commercial energy buyers: spot price and carbon intensity. When solar and wind generation is high, prices typically fall, sometimes into negative territory, as low-cost renewable capacity displaces expensive gas and coal. When renewables drop off (overnight, during cloud cover, or wind droughts), prices rise as thermal generators ramp up to meet demand.
For sustainability and Scope 2 reporting, the mix is equally important. A kilowatt-hour consumed during a period of high solar penetration in South Australia has a fraction of the carbon footprint of the same kilowatt-hour drawn from a coal-heavy Victorian grid during an evening peak. Time-matched Scope 2 accounting under the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) rewards organisations that shift load to low-carbon generation periods, making real-time generation visibility a practical reporting tool, not just a market-watching exercise.
Australia's renewable transition is playing out at very different speeds across the six regions. South Australia regularly achieves 100% renewable intervals and has virtually retired coal. Tasmania runs on hydro year-round. Queensland and New South Wales are retiring coal plant on accelerating timelines, with large-scale solar filling the gap. Victoria's brown coal fleet is shrinking under economic pressure from rising wind and solar output. Western Australia's SWIS grid is adding wind and solar rapidly to a gas-dominant base. Each region page shows the current live breakdown. See how the mix drives wholesale costs on our live electricity prices page, or track the resulting emissions with real-time carbon intensity.