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- Did a short sharp Geomagnetic storm contribute to the Callide Coal plant explosion? Sat, 29 May 21, 2:22pmBen Davidson speaks from Spaceweathernews.com mentions that there was a short sharp geomagnetic storm over the East Coast of Australia around the time the Queensland Callide Power plant exploded.
- 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...
- NSW power so erratically expensive an aluminium smelter powered down three times in a week Sat, 22 May 21, 4:01amThe Tomago smelter uses more than 10% of the entire New South Wales electricity grid supply. But the price spikes in electricity are so crippling the industrial giant could not afford to keep running on three occasions in...
- 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...
- Green energy “an existential threat to German economy” declares Supreme Auditors Fri, 2 Apr 21, 5:16amEmden, Germany by Gritte The supreme auditors of Germany warned about the costs of Green energy a few years ago, but now they are paying attention to energy security too, and with sudden alarm they’ve announced that...
- In a fluke moment SA and Vic have got cheap electricity (but only thanks to Black coal, and a screwed market) Fri, 19 Mar 21, 6:12pmYesterdays free advertisement for the Renewables Industry comes from Peter Martin, ANU, and was swallowed whole by The Conversation, and then repeated by The ABC...
- 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...
- Texas: day four without power and water for some, fishtanks freeze, pipes burst, “worse than Africa” Fri, 19 Feb 21, 4:14amEven if the Texas situation resolves tomorrow the anger will burn for months A few hours ago, about one quarter of Texas still didn’t have power...
- 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...
- SA renewable electricity market mayhem as frequency stabilizing costs hit record breaking $90 million Wed, 19 Feb 20, 4:46amSince SA was islanded the costs just to keep the frequency stable are as much as the energy itself Two weeks ago the Australian grid had a major near miss, and South Australia has been isolated from the rest of the nation...
- 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...
- 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...