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- The moment greens realize they’ve been used by Big Money Renewables — the Michael Moore documentary: Thu, 23 Apr 20, 12:31amIt’s like someone read all the major skeptic blogs in the world and turned them into a documentary.
- Tasmania wins Freeloader Climate Fashion Award for aim to “be 200% renewable” by 2040 Fri, 6 Mar 20, 1:34pmThe Tasmanian Government has just announced they will be “200% renewable” by 2040 — a feat only possible because they have an umbilical cord to hostages in the mainland who have to pay for irrelevant surges...
- 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...
- Australian grid has major near miss: SA Islanded for two weeks Wed, 12 Feb 20, 4:41amHere in Renewables-World downunder, most people don’t know the grid has barely scraped through the last two weeks. We almost lost an Aluminium smelter, came close to a statewide blackout and South Australia is (possibly)...
- 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...