Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- Fukushima on track to become a renewable energy hub Fri, 15 Nov 19, 4:30amIn hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown...
- 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...
- 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
- Costly wind power menaces man and nature Wed, 22 May 19, 9:00pmThe true costs of wind energy are too often (deliberately?) ignored or underestimated Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris Wind energy can never replace fossil fuels, despite claims of environmentalists and advocates of Alexandria...
- 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.
- 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...
- More wind and solar than SA can use — we threw away 10% of the generation Wed, 2 Jan 19, 6:03amSouth Australians have so much wind power, too much, that in Quarter 3 last year the AEMO had to intervene to cut off excess wind and solar generation...
- New Report: Renewables indirectly make electricity MORE expensive, so ABC tells Australia the opposite Mon, 24 Dec 18, 3:48pmOne big government agency quietly admits renewables make electricity more expensive, and another big gov media agency hides it. The new AMEC report tells us renewables will make electricity prices go down a tiny 2% in the...
- Deadly: a quarter of all solar panels pose high or severe risk Thu, 20 Dec 18, 5:39amGot Solar PV? Don’t let the kids play on the roof … In Australia, shonky fly-by-night installers are botching the wiring and not screwing the panels on properly...
- Santa says renewables “push down prices”. Sydney Morning Herald believes him. Wed, 12 Dec 18, 4:03amIt’s Santa’s happy hour in electricity land Finally, No really, renewables are so cheap we can switch to them and change the global climate for free...
- 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.