The ‘transition’ to portable electric generators, flashlights and candles is well on its way. The inevitable consequence of attempting to run on sunshine and breezes is having power only when the sun is up and the wind is blowing, just right. Grid-scale energy storage is a myth, as is waffle about so-called ‘green’ hydrogen. The … Continue reading Wind & Solar Transition Guaranteed to Deliver Mass Blackouts This Summer
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Want Time Freezing or Boiling In The Dark: Keep Backing Wind & Solar
Pinning your power needs to intermittent wind and solar power comes with a grab bag of consequences. Not least, blackouts whenever surging demand coincides with calm weather and/or sunset. Whether it’s wind and solar-obsessed South Australia or Germany, the results are inevitable. The cancer that began in South Australia - the only state in Australia … Continue reading Want Time Freezing or Boiling In The Dark: Keep Backing Wind & Solar
Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Turns Trainwreck: Australians Face More Summer Blackouts
Dry spells, spell hot summers in Australia, which spell load shedding and mass blackouts, whenever the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in. The summer of 2017/18 was a scorcher. Back then, load shedding caught power consumers short in South Australia, Victoria and NSW. Energy-hungry businesses such as aluminium smelters and even hospitals were forced … Continue reading Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Turns Trainwreck: Australians Face More Summer Blackouts
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