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- The Battery of the Nation disconnected for two months – Basslink cable inoperable again Thu, 10 May 18, 6:52pmFor the last year everyone has been calling Tasmania the “Battery of the Nation” — Turnbull, Hydro Tasmania, government departments, the ever hopeful green press...
- Bloodbath in the German solar “industry” — without subsidies 80,000 solar jobs are gone Sun, 29 Apr 18, 3:11amClimate Worriers have the most terrible luck. All the runes were lined up for Solar power — it is nearly free, pours from heaven, and millions of people seem to need energy “pretty often”. Plus universities...
- Our Socialist Electricity Grid works perfectly for everyone except consumers Fri, 20 Apr 18, 4:02pmWhat destroys a grid faster than than a socialist electricity system? A semi-socialist system that pretends to be a free market.
- Hidden Costs: how wind generation makes gas power $30/MWh more expensive Wed, 11 Apr 18, 3:33amJust another hidden cost — intermittent generators are vandals on our baseload suppliers. Wind power needs gas, but gas doesn’t need the wind. When the two are paired together it makes the wind energy “reliable”...
- Electricity prices fell for forty years in Australia, then renewables came… Wed, 21 Feb 18, 3:57amElectricity prices declined for forty years. Obviously that had to stop. Here’s is the last 65 years of Australian electricity prices — indexed and adjusted for inflation. During the coal boom, Australian electricity...
- EIA estimates for USA in 2050: The Future is Fossil Fuels and Cheap Electricity Mon, 12 Feb 18, 6:16pmWhat energy transformation? The EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2018 is out. The hard heads at the US Dept of Energy crunched the numbers, assumed technology will improve, and modeled the outcomes. According to their best estimates...
- 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.
- Forget Megawatts, ABC invents new unit of power — “size of Tasmania” Sun, 17 Dec 17, 5:04amOutback couple build solar farm to prove fringe-of-grid power generation needs Building a $14 million solar farm is an expensive way to send a message about electricity prices, but Doug and Lyn Scouller said they were left...
- 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...
- Victoria plans to reduce electricity prices by copying state with most expensive supply in the world Thu, 24 Aug 17, 2:02pmIn a genius move, Victoria, which has “soaring” electricity prices, now announces plan to copy South Australia where people pay more for electricity than anywhere:
- SA Solar Thermal plant is a copy of US plant that was out of action for one third of its life so far Wed, 16 Aug 17, 10:36pmCrescent Dunes, Solar Thermal Plant, USA. | Wikimedia Author, Amble. A company called SolarReserve is planning to build the new Aurora 150MW solar thermal plant at Port Augusta, which is apparently a copy of their...
- How the upcoming solar eclipse will affect 7 million homes and businesses Mon, 14 Aug 17, 10:06pmA total solar eclipse will block sunlight from reaching parts of the Earth for an estimated three hours on August 21. As a result, at least 7 million U.S. homes and businesses that rely on solar power will be directly affected....
- 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”....
- Wind disappears in South Australia, costing wind-industry millions, BOM blames climate change even though models predicted faster winds Wed, 5 Jul 17, 3:54amThe wind fizzled out over the South East slab of Australia during June. Predictably, that meant the wind industry lost millions, and wholesale electricity prices went up. When the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) was asked where...
- SA govt to spend $100m on diesel generators (but could have spent $8m keeping coal plant instead) Fri, 30 Jun 17, 8:18pmI’d like to thank South Australia for so selflessly showing the world how well renewables work. (And thank we West Australians for paying for it).