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- What do we call it when the State turns off your air conditioner? A “Peaksmart” moment Fri, 6 Dec 19, 4:50pm… You can’t make this stuff up. The Government advertising bureau — the ABC — is telling Queenslanders that it’s good for them if the government switches off their air conditioning. As we pay...
- Jeopardy: What happens when your single largest generator is uncontrolled and coordinated by clouds? Watch Western Australia Sun, 1 Dec 19, 8:48pmWestern Australia is a giant experiment: Even the Energy Experts are saying solar is jeopardizing the grid — it’s “dumb” Watch this space — blackout coming, 3 years and counting… The...
- Basslink cable out again, costing Victorians more as prices rise Wed, 28 Aug 19, 4:12pmThe Basslink cable has gone down again, and is expected to be out of action til mid-October. Luckily for Tasmania, the dams are at 45% full. However in Victoria, which sits on one of the largest brown coal reserves in the...
- Bluescope spends a billion in US because “cheap energy” Wed, 21 Aug 19, 1:37pmAdd another billion to the cost of the Renewable Energy Target? In the last few days Bluescope Steel (formerly BHP) has confirmed it will spend US$700m (AU$1b) to expand it’s North Star steel mill in Ohio...
- The planned electricity shortages begin and duped Australians say “thanks” Wed, 26 Jun 19, 8:57pmOnce upon a time Australians were rich enough to afford electricity on demand
- Another socialist boom and bust in solar in Victoria Thu, 25 Apr 19, 3:36pmBehold, the Victorian Govt are proving yet again that Soviet-style electricity management can crush lives, hopes and wallets. The free market is never as cruel and destructive as one run on “good intentions” or...
- Invisible costs of renewables: “Staggeringly high” $125b for US electricity consumers Thu, 25 Apr 19, 3:47amA major new “nail in coffin” study shows the more renewables we force onto the market the more expensive electricity gets.
- Electric cars are perfect for socialists: Labor plan boosts Big-Gov, but worse for CO2, pollution, coal use, and grid Mon, 1 Apr 19, 6:42pmLabor’s electric car plan means higher emissions, more pollution, more coal use, and threatens the grid but it’s great for socialists. Fantasy-land: Labor wants half of all new cars sales to be EV’s by 2030....
- The cost of one days electricity on the Australian grid is three times (or 50 times) more than it was in 2012 Mon, 11 Mar 19, 4:18pmThere were no headlines but $300 million dollars was burned at the stake of renewables Just another day on the exciting Australian NEM. Friday week ago we had another price spike hitting the $14,500 mandated price cap. On...
- Solar subsidy death spiral: $2 billion in Australia, rising 50% pa as electricity prices rocket Wed, 20 Feb 19, 3:37amA few Australians are just beginning to realize that they are paying for their neighbours solar panel. As news spreads, the shine of good-citizen-solar is going to tarnish fast, but it is going to take a concerted campaign...
- Solar subsidy death spiral: $2 billion in Australia, rising 50% pa as electricity prices go crazy Wed, 20 Feb 19, 3:37amA few Australians are just beginning to realize that they are paying for their neighbours solar panel. As news spreads, the shine of good-citizen-solar is going to tarnish fast, but it is going to take a concerted campaign...
- Solar subsidy death spiral: $2 billion in Australia rising 50% pa as electricity prices go crazy Wed, 20 Feb 19, 3:37amA few Australians are just beginning to realize that they are paying for their neighbours solar panel. As news spreads, the shine of good-citizen-solar is going to tarnish fast, but it is going to take a concerted campaign...
- Melbourne, 200,000 houses blacked out, 10 companies curtailed, as 1-in-3-year hot day hits Sat, 26 Jan 19, 5:29am***UPDATED: Melbourne has been 42C or more around 50 times since 1855. That’s one in three years. Thanks to Bob Fernley-Jones for the correction.
- Melbourne, 200,000 houses blacked out, 10 companies curtailed, as 1-in-5-year hot day hits Sat, 26 Jan 19, 5:29amThey were only 250 million watts short: Loy Yang, powering Victoria, and soon probably “taking the blame” too. Rachel Baxendale, The Australian h/t Des Moore More than 200,000 Victorian households had their...
- Warning: Money on fire in Vic and SA electricity prices at $14,000 per MWh Thu, 24 Jan 19, 6:58pmPrices are “off the chart” in Vic and SA right now and likely for the next few hours. Factories will be closing. Diesel generators will be running, but only in South Australia and Victoria. At these kinds of prices...