*** In 2016 no two words struck more fear into the hearts of the city-bound, political elite than ‘Trump’ and ‘Brexit’. In both instances, ignorance amongst the media and political class meant that - for them - what were predictable, if not inevitable, results came as visceral, gut-wrenching, bewildering shocks. If there is a single … Continue reading Wind Power Wilts: Brewing Voter Fury Means Coal-Power Set to Drive Australia’s Fossil Fuelled Renaissance
Category: South Australia
SA’s Wind Power Debacle: AEMO Cuts SA’s Access to Victorian Power to Protect the Grid
SA’s plan to import electricity from Victoria a threat to stability: AEMO The Australian Michael Owen 21 January 2017 A plan for South Australia to import more baseload power from Victoria to ease its power crisis has been suspended by the national electricity market operator because of a “potential stability issue” linked to the state’s … Continue reading SA’s Wind Power Debacle: AEMO Cuts SA’s Access to Victorian Power to Protect the Grid
Wind Power Debacle: Retail Businesses Belted by South Australia’s Rocketing Power Prices
In 2002, then Labor Premier, Mike Rann hitched South Australia's wagon to wind power. 15 years later, his successors and former subjects get to reap what he sowed. A grid on the brink of collapse, routine load shedding and statewide blackouts have left South Australia an international laughing stock. Its vapid Premier, Jay Weatherill occupies … Continue reading Wind Power Debacle: Retail Businesses Belted by South Australia’s Rocketing Power Prices
Wind Industry Armageddon: South Australian Blackouts Lead Australia’s Chief Scientist to Demand Immediate Cap on Wind Power
The fallout from South Australia's power pricing and supply debacle continues. Last year Australia's Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel was given the unenviable task of trying to keep Australia's lights on, despite the havoc caused by a weather dependent system abandoned centuries ago, for pretty obvious reasons. With repeated statewide blackouts and routine load shedding part … Continue reading Wind Industry Armageddon: South Australian Blackouts Lead Australia’s Chief Scientist to Demand Immediate Cap on Wind Power
Criminal Cost of Wind Power Hits Home: Australian Power Bills Soar
Energy bills soar in shift from coal power stations The Australian Kylar Loussikian 4 January 2017 Electricity companies have begun hiking consumer prices around the country, blaming the closure of coal-fired generators and the increased cost of renewable energy for higher-than-predicted increases of more than $130 this year. EnergyAustralia and AGL have increased electricity tariffs … Continue reading Criminal Cost of Wind Power Hits Home: Australian Power Bills Soar
The Criminal Cost of the Federal Government’s Obsession with Wind Power
*** Alan Moran needs no intro for STT followers. Here's another cracking piece, courtesy of Catallaxy Files Billions wasted in economy sapping energy regulations Catallaxy Files Alan Moran 16 December 2016 Each year the energy regulator, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), publishes data on the make-up of electricity costs for households. This breaks down … Continue reading The Criminal Cost of the Federal Government’s Obsession with Wind Power
Wind Power Costs Crushing Jobs & Workers: The Politics of Renewables Turns Toxic
*** 2016 was the year that Australia’s voting public turned on wind power with a vengeance. Once upon a time, we were treated to pumped up claims from wind industry spruikers, like the Clean Energy Council, yes2ruiningus and ruin-economy based on loaded ‘surveys’ that there were only two types of people: those already in love … Continue reading Wind Power Costs Crushing Jobs & Workers: The Politics of Renewables Turns Toxic
Economic Train Wreck: Wind Power Obsession Triples Power Prices in South Australia
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
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
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