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electricity grids, Tag
- 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.
- Peak heat: Electricity prices lifting off; industry shutting off in Australia. Hospitals switching off lights, “Code Yellow Alert”. Fri, 19 Jan 18, 3:56pmUPDATE: MELBOURNE hospitals are enacting emergency procedures to prepare for the potential loss of power. Hospitals are switching off non-essential electrical equipment, including some lights, to minimize energy use. This...
- Another hidden cost of intermittent renewables (It’s time to talk about FCAS and roaring price spikes!) Thu, 7 Dec 17, 4:45amThe shape of normal AC Electricity: 50Hz (230V) and 60Hz (110V) Nobody says much about FCAS in public — but it’s become a hot topic among Australia’s energy-nerds and electricity traders...
- Not Powering Past Coal: 20 countries that didn’t use much coal, agree to not use much coal Sun, 19 Nov 17, 4:02pmGet excited everyone — the South Pacific Island of Nuie, with a population of 1,625 people has vowed not to build a coal plant. The nation is so small it is not even a member of the UN. This champion of the move away...
- Politicians “shocked” at the power crisis waiting in the Australian electricity grid Thu, 19 Oct 17, 5:35pmDid some politicans just wake up? The news today is that our Energy Minister may realize Australia is conducting a wild experiment with our electricity grid, and may have managed to convince other Australian federal politicians...
- Some South Australian farmers going fully diesel for electricity Fri, 29 Sep 17, 1:22amMaybe they’ll get one like this one? Circa 1934.* Green management of the South Australian grid scores another big success for the environment: SURGING power prices are pushing South Australian dairy farmers such as...
- Rooftop solar destroying baseload profitability and proud of it Mon, 25 Sep 17, 5:33pmWhat other heavily subsidized industry brags about its ability to provide a product for one quarter of the time it’s needed? Vale sunny-day-solar!
- Electricity cost train-wreck arrives in Australia Fri, 7 Jul 17, 8:27pmSomething very “seismic” has happened to our electricity prices. Paul McArdle of WattClarity goes through each state looking at quarterly trends and prices, and remarks that things are going “off the chart”....