The Federal Energy and Environment Minister seems to hold a belief that he can tiptoe around the toxic political quagmire that is South Australia's power supply and pricing calamity. As they say 'well, good luck with that!' Already the target of sniggering Australian satire, South Australia's wind power 'experiment' has turned it into an international … Continue reading SA’s Wind Power Debacle a ‘Poisoned Chalice’ for Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg
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SA’s Wind Power Debacle Escalates as Australian Wind Power Subsidies Hit $3 Billion a Year
Renewables’ subsidies put sting into power bills The Australian Michael Owen 26 July 2016 Renewable energy output in Australia is subsidised by almost $3 billion a year, more than 19 times the amount for generation from fossil fuels, a report by an economic consultancy says. The report by Principal Economics found renewable energy subsidies added … Continue reading SA’s Wind Power Debacle Escalates as Australian Wind Power Subsidies Hit $3 Billion a Year
Massively Subsidised Wind Power Crushes Germany’s Biggest Power Provider as CO2 Emissions Soar
*** The parallels between Germany and South Australia are as uncanny as they are frightening. The common feature being, of course, their ludicrous attempt to rely on sunshine and breezes. Like South Australians, Germans went into wind power harder and faster than anyone else – and the cost of doing so is catching up with a vengeance. … Continue reading Massively Subsidised Wind Power Crushes Germany’s Biggest Power Provider as CO2 Emissions Soar
SA’s Labor Goverment Ignored Warnings on its Wind Power Pricing & Supply Disaster
Hoping to avoid the predictable consequences of one's own actions is simple ignorance; and forgivable. However, deliberately ignoring measured warnings from others, when the consequences of those wilful actions will destroy hundreds of businesses; kill off thousands of jobs; result in thousands being deprived of power and tens of thousands more struggling to pay their … Continue reading SA’s Labor Goverment Ignored Warnings on its Wind Power Pricing & Supply Disaster
South Australia’s Wind Power Disaster Kills BHP’s Plans to Expand Olympic Dam Mine
BHP started life in 1885 as the brainchild of station hands and boundary riders on Mount Gipps station in western New South Wales. The town that sprung up around their find of one of the largest lead, silver and zinc deposits in the world, Broken Hill, shares the name with the company, ‘Broken Hill Proprietary’. … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Power Disaster Kills BHP’s Plans to Expand Olympic Dam Mine
South Australia’s Wind Powered Train Wreck: SA’s Business Leaders Warn Other States – ‘It’s Your Turn Next’
Only the Germans could come up with a single word to capture the churlish sentiment of feeling a sense of malicious glee at another’s downfall. However, to STT the gleeful component of ‘schadenfreude’ is tempered with the realisation that there is no escape for any Australian from the debacle, in which South Australians now find … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Powered Train Wreck: SA’s Business Leaders Warn Other States – ‘It’s Your Turn Next’
South Australia’s Lessons for the World: Subsidised Wind Power The Fastest Route to Social & Economic Disaster
Judith Sloan: lays out a lesson on avoiding economic & social disaster. **** In a week when the mainstream media have been (finally) laying out the catastrophic results of South Australia’s ludicrous attempt to power itself on sunshine and breezes, it would be rude not to include this cracking article penned by The Australian's top-flight … Continue reading South Australia’s Lessons for the World: Subsidised Wind Power The Fastest Route to Social & Economic Disaster
South Australia’s Wind Power Disaster: No Solution in Sight
‘Panic’ is the only word capable of describing the mood among South Australia’s policymakers. Over the last few posts, STT has detailed a wealth of media coverage on SA’s self-inflicted energy debacle. The former general manager of the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA), Bruce Dinham is one of many groping around (knowing SA’s power … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Power Disaster: No Solution in Sight
South Australia’s Wind Power Debacle Leaves Labor Government Begging for Baseload Power
STT followers might be tiring of our focus on South Australia. However, the disaster - both economic and social - unfolding in SA should be taken as a warning to any policy maker foolish enough to believe that an economy can be powered using sunshine and breezes. Here’s another take on the debacle from The … Continue reading South Australia’s Wind Power Debacle Leaves Labor Government Begging for Baseload Power
South Australia’s Energy Fiasco: Wind Power Dropout Leaves BHP with Whopping $2.5 Million Power Bill
Continuing our focus on Australia’s “wind power capital”, South Australia and its self-inflicted energy disaster, here is another story outlining the debacle, this time from The Advertiser. BHP’s SA power bill hit $2.5m - on a single day The Advertiser Luke Griffiths 16 July 2016 THE power bill of the state’s largest private employer recently … Continue reading South Australia’s Energy Fiasco: Wind Power Dropout Leaves BHP with Whopping $2.5 Million Power Bill
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