Power grids are among the most sophisticated organisms on earth, but they were never designed for the chaos delivered daily by intermittent wind and solar. For power consumers the first realisation that there’s a problem comes with load shedding (controlled blackouts) or mass blackouts (when the grid manager loses control, altogether). When sudden and … Continue reading Crunch Time: Obsession With Unreliable Wind & Solar Threatens More Mass Blackouts
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Total Joke: Australian Wind Farms Regularly Deliver Tiny Fraction of Their Total Capacity
If Australia’s wind turbine fleet hadn’t cost power consumers $20 billion to build, the joke would almost be funny. Spread from Far North Queensland to the West Coast of South Australia, on the Eastern Grid, Australia’s wind farms are located in 5 States: Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, NSW and Queensland (see below). In SA they’re … Continue reading Total Joke: Australian Wind Farms Regularly Deliver Tiny Fraction of Their Total Capacity
Government’s Grid Fix: Power Consumers Forced to Pay Coal-Fired Plants to Remain Online
Having gouged $billions from power consumers and taxpayers to subsidise hopelessly unreliable wind and solar, the Federal government wants us to pay $millions more to undo the damage done to our once reliable power supply by its Renewable Energy Target. The point and purpose of subsidies and mandated targets favouring wind and solar was … Continue reading Government’s Grid Fix: Power Consumers Forced to Pay Coal-Fired Plants to Remain Online
America’s Big Chill: Wind Turbines Frozen Solid & Solar Panels Plastered In Snow & Ice
America’s big freeze has wind and solar worshippers scrambling for excuses and shifting blame like snow from their driveways. Following on from Germany’s recent near-death experience, Americans are now realizing - with terrifying clarity - just how crazy brave relying on wholly weather-dependent power sources really is. Particularly when bitter Arctic weather blankets a continent … Continue reading America’s Big Chill: Wind Turbines Frozen Solid & Solar Panels Plastered In Snow & Ice
Into The Black: Wind & Solar Chaos Promise Return To A New (Very) Dark Age
Californians & South Australians know the drill: when the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in, be sure to have flashlights and diesel generators at the ready. The first few minutes of a mass blackout can be kind of exhilarating; the candles come out, adding romance to the evening Uber Eats dining experience and, with … Continue reading Into The Black: Wind & Solar Chaos Promise Return To A New (Very) Dark Age
Pure Unbridled Chaos: Why Unreliable and Intermittent Wind & Solar Destabilise Power Grids
The more intermittent wind and solar get added to the grid, the greater the risk that their chaotic delivery of power will wreck it. By which we mean the delivery of an entire ‘system black’ - of the kind that Australia’s wind and solar capital, South Australia became world-renowned for. Depicted above – courtesy of Aneroid … Continue reading Pure Unbridled Chaos: Why Unreliable and Intermittent Wind & Solar Destabilise Power Grids
Parasitic Power: Intermittent Wind & Solar Take More From Power Grid Than They Ever Add
Applying scarce resources so that the benefits always outweigh the costs is rational, but subsidised wind and solar will never fit that bill. Putting aside the minerals and the energy required to convert those minerals that is embodied in solar panels and wind turbines, it’s the fact that - no matter how much wind and … Continue reading Parasitic Power: Intermittent Wind & Solar Take More From Power Grid Than They Ever Add
Mexican Standoff: RE Outfits Furious As Mexican Government Blocks All New Wind & Solar
The only things ‘inevitable’ about the ‘transition’ to wind and solar are rocketing power prices and unstable power grids. As to the latter, the Mexican government has taken a stand that’s sent renewable energy rent seekers into a tailspin. As you read on, bear in mind that Bloomberg is the international propaganda outlet for wind … Continue reading Mexican Standoff: RE Outfits Furious As Mexican Government Blocks All New Wind & Solar
Renewable Energy Fail: Australia Needs to Get Serious About Serious Power Generation – Right Now!
Intermittent wind and solar threatens to destroy the power grid that connects Australia’s Eastern States. Massive subsidies to wind and solar under the Federal government’s Large-Scale RET mean that conventional generators struggle to compete when the wind is blowing and the sun’s shining. And grid managers are struggling to manage the erratic delivery of … Continue reading Renewable Energy Fail: Australia Needs to Get Serious About Serious Power Generation – Right Now!
Ever-Dependable: Coal-Fired Power Keeps On Keeping On During Australia’s Bushfire Battle
Of the more delusional claims made by wind power proponents, the notion that wind power is more dependable and reliable than coal-fired power, takes the cake. Back in December, Victoria’s Premier, Daniel Andrews revealed his tenuous grip on reality when he made the very same assertion: Deranged & Delusional: Victorian Government Claims Wind & Solar … Continue reading Ever-Dependable: Coal-Fired Power Keeps On Keeping On During Australia’s Bushfire Battle
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