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- Queensland’s Near Miss: hydrogen may have exploded at a coal plant (and renewables don’t save the day) Thu, 27 May 21, 5:43amTuesday was a wild day for Queensland Electricity. An explosion struck the Callide C Power Plant triggering a cascade of other plants to switch off within seconds. The massive 2.5GW fall in supply took the grid frequency...
- France threatens UK electricity supply again, Navies called in Wed, 12 May 21, 4:45pmThe island of Jersey gets 95% of its electricity via cables from France. The latest post-Brexit fishing dispute got so hot so fast, that a French minister even suggested cutting off the electricity if they didn’t get...
- Texas dodged a bullet: Would you like explosions with your blackouts? Mon, 22 Feb 21, 9:26pmHouston Texas, Feb 2021. Image by Fish & Trips Texas toyed with cascading crises The Green Experiment could have gone so much worse. Here’s a man who was a gas industry executive involved in a near miss in New England...
- Hands up! Your fish or your electricity. Macron threatens to cut interconnector to UK Tue, 20 Oct 20, 4:24pmThe UK wants to get back its fishing territory as part of a Brexit deal. The French aren’t too happy about that, but since the UK is heavily dependent on French interconnectors Macron can and is holding the UK electricity...
- Extension cord to rescue renewable South Australia will now cost $2.4 billion Sat, 10 Oct 20, 3:45pmIt’s another hidden subsidy for “Green Power”.
- Thanks to wind and solar power, Australians have to drive to work to save the planet Mon, 21 Sep 20, 12:47pmAustralians used to have an electricity grid that gave them the freedom to work from home For years they told us to work at home to help the environment. But thanks to a decentralized unreliable grid, Australians are now...
- SA: Still at risk of blackout, one third of solar PV “switching off” to save state, needs $1.5b interconnector bandaid to NSW Fri, 19 Jun 20, 4:48pmA $1,500 million dollar emergency line is needed to rescue South Australia from renewable blackouts. Image: Marcus Wong Wongm Why do so few see the enormous subsidy cost of keeping the South Australian electricity...
- Oopsie solar-battery fail? Cloud causes System Black event at Alice Springs affecting thousands Tue, 15 Oct 19, 5:58pmWelcome to the new complexified energy grid where a cloud can cause a system black event — knocking out power for as much as nine hours. This affected the hospital for 30 minutes and the prolonged problems caused many...
- Australian grid wars: MP says Queensland should cut off other states to make electricity cheaper Tue, 20 Aug 19, 8:07pmGuess which state, big business will be headed next? Brilliant! Let’s talk about a Quexit of the NEM. Nationals MP, Keith Pitt is suggesting that Queenslanders could cut their power bills if Queensland stands alone...
- SA and Vic at high risk of blackouts this summer Sun, 18 Nov 18, 5:21pmEven the AEMO is warning of blackouts coming, because the BoM is forecasting hot, dry conditions. El Nino on the way, and I hear rumours our Snowy Hydro Dam levels are not great.
- On the NEG — Turnbull, Frydenberg: Who is running this country? You or Andrew Vesey? Tue, 7 Aug 18, 11:08pmEnd the taboo: The obvious solution to our expensive unreliable electricity is to fix old coal plants The proposed NEG (National Energy Guarantee) will cut a pathetic sliver off our obscene bills...
- UK: smart meters are expected to save a whopping £11 annually Sun, 22 Jul 18, 1:12am… No one needed a smart meter when we had smart baseload. Beware Australians, despite the promises and threats, smart meters may or may not make UK customers a paltry saving. When all is said and done it’s not...
- AEMC wants input on how to save Australia’s Electricity Grid — Due Monday Feb 6th Sat, 3 Feb 18, 12:44pmAMEC is the Australian Energy Market Commission. It’s “the rule maker for Australian Electricity and gas markets”. They make the National Electricity, Gas, and Energy Retail rules. There are a lot of government...
- Political Vandals: Victoria, the diesel state, bans, hides, cheap cleaner gas, blames fuses, air conditioners Mon, 29 Jan 18, 6:06pmHow much do we hate Lignite Gas? Victoria is suffering the largest rises in wholesale electricity prices in the country, as it sits on large gas fields that it won’t touch...
- Bonfire Electricity Bills! Two day heat wave burns nearly $400m: $45 per head in Vic, $70 each in SA. Sun, 21 Jan 18, 9:47pmWhile geniuses are bragging that the Australian grid survived two normal hot summer days without falling over, they don’t mention the flaming spectacle of the cost.