Trashing coal-fired power plants and pretending to replace their output with wind and solar guarantees blackouts and mass load shedding. For the uninitiated, it’s all about sunset and the weather. South Africa is a case in point. In little more than a decade, the ANC’s policy of backing wind turbines and solar panels with taxpayer … Continue reading South Africa’s Dark Age: Wind & Solar Obsession Delivering Blackouts Every Single Day
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Why Subsidised Wind & Solar Are Sending South Africa’s Power Prices Into Orbit
Rocketing power prices and grid instability are two inescapable consequences of subsidised wind and solar. While sunshine and breezes might be free, attempting to run your power system using nature’s gifts, brings with it a raft of other costs which RE zealots tend to gloss over. The electricity generation and distribution system - which wind … Continue reading Why Subsidised Wind & Solar Are Sending South Africa’s Power Prices Into Orbit
South Africa Slams the Door on Wind Power: Nuclear Powered Future Beckons
*** STT followers might have tumbled to the fact that we’ve been pretty heavily focused on SA over the last month. However, in this post, we head a few thousand clicks, west across the Indian Ocean to another ‘SA’; this time South Africa, which appears entirely sensible enough to be able to avoid the power … Continue reading South Africa Slams the Door on Wind Power: Nuclear Powered Future Beckons
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