Germany’s love affair with wind turbines and solar panels has clearly turned sour. During the winter just gone, with a total collapse in wind and solar power output, Germany had to scramble to keep its lights on using coal-fired power plants, resurrected to deal with a grid on the brink of collapse and nuclear power imported … Continue reading Germany’s Energiewende ‘Blown’ Away: Mutti Merkel’s Mauling Threatens Doom for Subsidised Wind & Solar
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Government Uses Fake Gas ‘Crisis’ to Force Suppliers to Guarantee Gas to Costly & Inefficient Peaking Power Generators
AGL shows why power generators shouldn’t be energy retailers The Australian Judith Sloan 26 September 2017 Former senior executives of AGL must surely be shaking their heads in dismay. As the oldest listed company in the country, AGL has a tradition of measured and conservative conduct, as would be expected of a utility in the … Continue reading Government Uses Fake Gas ‘Crisis’ to Force Suppliers to Guarantee Gas to Costly & Inefficient Peaking Power Generators
End of Days: Australia’s Renewable Energy Target on the Brink of Collapse
STT has been plugging away for almost 5 years, attempting to bring to an end to the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all time. Followers might have noticed that over the last month or so, our focus has been on Australia and the politics of power. Our overseas followers are probably getting sick of … Continue reading End of Days: Australia’s Renewable Energy Target on the Brink of Collapse
Wind Power Fantasy: 100% Renewable Claims a Mixture of Magic & Pixie Dust
The Magic Pudding’s ability to return to his original form – no matter how many times he was eaten – is the stuff of delicious fantasy. Those pretending that whole economies can run on sunshine and breezes operate under similar economic parameters: summoning up beneficial breezes, when and where needed; conjuring up mythical mega-batteries; and … Continue reading Wind Power Fantasy: 100% Renewable Claims a Mixture of Magic & Pixie Dust
Wind Industry Demands End to Subsidies: Wind Power Now Cheaper than Coal & Gas-Fired Power
Admit it, we had you there for a moment. No, our headline is definitely fake news. However, if the wind industry was taken at its word (unlikely) then the subsidies would have ended years ago. The likes of AGL, the Clean Energy Council and a whole band of wind worshipping lunatics have been telling us … Continue reading Wind Industry Demands End to Subsidies: Wind Power Now Cheaper than Coal & Gas-Fired Power
The Obscene Cost of Australia’s Renewable Energy Debacle
What a difference a 20% year-on-year hike in retail power bills can make. Add in the South Australian experience of routine load shedding and statewide blackouts. Top it off with the threat of widespread blackouts this Summer; and not just confined to SA, but likely to send Victorians back to the Victorian age and New … Continue reading The Obscene Cost of Australia’s Renewable Energy Debacle
Government Brawl with AGL Signals End of Renewable Subsidies
All of a sudden, everybody is interested in electricity. As a result, Australia’s patrician and aloof PM, Malcolm Turnbull has been gifted with any number of self-appointed energy market advisors. The quality of the advice tends to vary, and the solutions proffered generally have something to do with whether the protagonist is invested in the … Continue reading Government Brawl with AGL Signals End of Renewable Subsidies
Killing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target an Essential Economic Reboot
Combining climate with energy in a single policy setting is like combining a running child with super-sharp scissors: an unhealthy mix, prone to disaster. The concept of cutting CO2 emissions from a system which is built (and continues to rely) on coal-fired power generation, has the necessary and inevitable result of killing that system. Wind … Continue reading Killing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target an Essential Economic Reboot
The Nuclear Option: Atomic Solution to Australia’s Energy Crisis
In the blink of an eye, Australia’s media circus has finally woken up to the scale and scope of Australia’s self-inflicted power pricing and supply calamity. More ink has been spilt in the last few weeks on the subject than in the whole of the last decade. Wind power capital, South Australia’s blackouts and load … Continue reading The Nuclear Option: Atomic Solution to Australia’s Energy Crisis
Australia’s Renewable Energy Disaster Sends Government Scrambling for Reliable Power
Australia’s self-inflicted renewable energy calamity has its Federal Coalition government in a state of perpetual panic. Sometimes panic is warranted, either by the gravity of the threat or the limited time within which to respond to the threat. In this case, time really is a factor. The AEMO has released a report that shows Australians … Continue reading Australia’s Renewable Energy Disaster Sends Government Scrambling for Reliable Power
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