For the best part of 15 years, South Australia’s hapless Labor government has been pushing wind power like there was no tomorrow. Within a short space of time, South Australia earned the tag ‘Australia’s wind power capital’. The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have been crowing about South Australia’s wind power credentials for a … Continue reading Economic Train Wreck: Wind Power Obsession Triples Power Prices in South Australia
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Australia’s ‘Wind Power Capital’ – South Australia – Becomes the ‘Blackout State’
*** While STT was taking a well earned summer break, South Australians found themselves, yet again, groping around in the dark. In the lead up to Christmas, South Australians living on its West Coast in places like Ceduna were left powerless for close to 3 days, said to be the result of storm damage to … Continue reading Australia’s ‘Wind Power Capital’ – South Australia – Becomes the ‘Blackout State’
Merry Christmas to Stop These Things’ Followers & Happy Fourth Birthday to STT
Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings to all of our dedicated band of followers, all around the World. And it’s Happy Birthday to STT: Boxing Day 2016 marks 4 years of giving the beleaguered wind industry and its dwindling band of parasites and spruikers hell. We’ve clocked over 1,710,000 views and given our loyal readers 1,530 … Continue reading Merry Christmas to Stop These Things’ Followers & Happy Fourth Birthday to STT
Chaotic Wind Power the Cause of South Australia’s Infamous Blackouts
*** Renewables ‘can’t cope with sudden surges’ The Australian Michael Owen 16 December 2016 Renewable power sources cannot cope with rapid or large changes in frequency, leading ultimately to a “black system”, a report by a national electricity regulator says. The Australian Energy Market Commission’s draft report on power system security found the network is … Continue reading Chaotic Wind Power the Cause of South Australia’s Infamous Blackouts
South Australia’s Repeated Wind Power Blackouts Force Retreat to Fossil-Fuels: Base-load Gas Plant Ordered to Run Constantly
*** Clueless and desperate, Australia’s political leaders are fiddling while Rome continues to burn. The calamity that is South Australia’s self-inflicted power pricing and supply chaos, threatens to spread across state borders like a malignant tumour. While State Labor governments in Queensland and Victoria continue to talk the talk about their desire to carpet their … Continue reading South Australia’s Repeated Wind Power Blackouts Force Retreat to Fossil-Fuels: Base-load Gas Plant Ordered to Run Constantly
Frydenberg’s Folly: Australia’s Renewable Energy Target Destined to be Capped or Scrapped
When a policy is unsustainable, either it will collapse under its own ponderous weight, or its promoters will eventually be forced to scrap it. Australia’s Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target is just such a policy. In the cutting British satire, Extras, the hapless Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) is always foiled by his gormless but lovable side-kick, … Continue reading Frydenberg’s Folly: Australia’s Renewable Energy Target Destined to be Capped or Scrapped
South Australia’s September Wind Power Blackout Cost Businesses & Households $367 Million
When, on 28 September this year, a run-of-the-mill spring storm brought buffeting winds to South Australia, wind speeds exceeded 25m/s (90km/h), the bulk of its 18 wind farms saw their turbines shutdown automatically to protect themselves from catastrophic self-destruction. Metropolitan Adelaide was without power for hours, regional centres without power for days and mines in … Continue reading South Australia’s September Wind Power Blackout Cost Businesses & Households $367 Million
In the Post Truth World Wind is Already ‘Powering’ the Globe for Free
The experts lie about renewable energy Herald Sun Terry McCrann 29 November 2016 THE first and most important thing to understand about global warming true believers and the pushers of so-called “renewable energy” is that they lie. They lie effortlessly, seamlessly, continuously and without the slightest sense of shame. They lie deliberately and carelessly and … Continue reading In the Post Truth World Wind is Already ‘Powering’ the Globe for Free
State of Emergency: South Australia’s Wind Power Crisis Hits Full-Scale Panic
It’s a little like watching the same train wreck, over and over again. South Australia’s power pricing and supply calamity is something that STT has been predicting for years. Now that the disaster has been realised, mainstream media are all over it like a tropical rash. In South Australia there is a pervasive sense of … Continue reading State of Emergency: South Australia’s Wind Power Crisis Hits Full-Scale Panic
Australia’s Energy Debacle: South Australia Just the First Victim of the LRET’s $45bn in Wind Power Subsidies & Fines
*** Last week saw Federal Energy and Environment Minister, Josh Frydenberg briefly float and then just as quickly scrap the idea of a ‘carbon’ credit trading scheme, which - as we set out in yesterday's post - counter-intuitively had the potential of avoiding a complete political disaster for the coalition. While a media scrum kicked … Continue reading Australia’s Energy Debacle: South Australia Just the First Victim of the LRET’s $45bn in Wind Power Subsidies & Fines
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