Curtailment, constraints, and MLF shifts are the hidden variables in renewable project economics. gridIQ makes them visible — with real-time tracking, constraint forecasts, and PPA backtesting across all six Australian energy regions.
Start your 14-day Professional trial →Your wind or solar farm is generating — but the output is being curtailed by network constraints, negative prices, or system security limits. Most developers only discover the extent of curtailment weeks later in settlement data. By then, the pattern has repeated dozens of times.
AEMO publishes constraint equations, binding frequency, and interconnector limits across thousands of CSV rows on NEMWEB. Understanding which constraints affect your DUID, how often they bind, and whether the pattern is seasonal requires specialised analysis that few teams have capacity for.
Marginal Loss Factors are published annually and can shift significantly — a 3% MLF reduction on a 200 MW wind farm translates to millions in lost revenue over a PPA term. Tracking MLF trends, understanding the drivers, and anticipating changes is critical but time-consuming.
Identify when and why your generation is being curtailed. gridIQ tracks renewable output against nameplate capacity, flags curtailment periods, and correlates them with binding constraints, negative prices, and system conditions — so you can quantify the revenue impact and build a case for network investment.
Weather-adjusted probability forecasts for key transmission constraints. See which constraints are likely to bind in the next 72 hours based on wind and solar forecasts, demand patterns, and historical binding frequency. Plan maintenance and dispatch strategy around constraint risk.
Current and historical MLF data for every DUID in the NEM. Track year-on-year trends, compare your project against peers in the same connection zone, and understand the network conditions driving MLF changes — before the annual AEMO publication.
Real-time generation breakdown by fuel type across all six regions, updated every 30 minutes. See how wind, solar, coal, gas, and hydro market shares are shifting — and where your project fits in the competitive landscape.
Evaluate PPA structures against historical spot price data. Model fixed-price, cap-and-floor, and indexed contracts with seasonal breakdowns, settlement profile analysis, and counterparty exposure metrics. Test how different strike prices would have performed over the last 90 days of actual market conditions.
Ask Watt about curtailment patterns, constraint binding frequency, regional generation trends, negative pricing events, and interconnector flows — in plain English. Watt has access to 20 specialist tools and synthesises market intelligence that would take hours to compile manually.
A single avoided curtailment event or an informed MLF submission can save a renewable project hundreds of thousands of dollars. gridIQ Professional gives your team the visibility to make those calls with confidence.
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