Jo Nova —“Australia – Crash Test Dummy of Renewable Energy”: Monday night US....
I’ll be discussing the absurdity of Destroying Perfectly good Electricity Grids in Australia with the Friends of Science in Calgary, Canada with a presentation then Q&A. It will be live 7pm MDT...
View ArticleMayhem on the Australian Grid continues — Record prices, factory shutdowns,...
Generation tonight…. Just another week in the Transition we (Don’t) have to have With 65 Glorious Gigawatts the Australian grid system has a vast excess (theoretically) of generation capacity, yet it’s...
View ArticleShocking electricity price rises starting in Australia — so bad that small...
It’s the day before the election and all through the house, electricity bills are doubling… The price rises are so extraordinary one retailer is asking their customers to leave “in the next 24 hours”....
View ArticleElectricity Hunger Games downunder — potential sighting of four hour price...
It’s a grid on the edge Like a meteor-shower, the dinner time performance today may or may not be a spectator event. The fun may start at 4:30pm in Qld, NSW, Vic, SA and Tasmania — a full quinfecta at...
View ArticleCold snaps and blistering electricity prices downunder — where one state...
And the bonfire continues As cold fronts sweep across the south east of Australia electricity prices are setting records nobody wants to set. The wholesale prices for electricity –across a whole month...
View ArticleAustralian grid teeters on edge of blackouts tonight
The Queensland grid is in crisis — the forecast price for nearly the entire next 24 hours is $15,000 per megawatt hour. I have never seen a graph like this one. It’s a “white knuckle ride” as Paul...
View ArticleStill teetering: Blackout warnings across the Australian grid next three days
All the rules are breaking. The price market broke on Sunday night and now the interconnectors rules are broken too. The whole Eastern five state “National” grid is flying seat of the pants — the...
View ArticleBlackout risk in five states continues: Wholesale energy market suspended,...
The Renewable Crash Test Dummies: Test in progress A LaTrobe Valley Coal Plant Day #3: Huge Yallourn coal plant in Victoria loses 2 of 4 turbines. The AEMO suspends the whole market. Blackout warnings...
View ArticleIn an emergency, we need coal
So it’s a new record. In the 20 years since the National Energy Market formed it has never operated on such a vapor thin margin. Only a few days ago Paul McArdle at WattClarity thought a mere 15%...
View ArticleSouth Africa grid struggling with national rolling blackouts: Strikes,...
This is Fall of Rome type stuff — everything is coming undone National rolling blackouts have been occurring for days in South Africa and are forecast to continue for another week at least. One...
View ArticleBig-Gov Desperation: Now we need a $3,000 parking fine to keep sacred “EV”...
A sign in Rockhampton. Where do they mention the fine though? | Photo by RegionalQueenslander By Jo Nova Block a sacred weather-changing EV from a charging point and you may have to sell your car Feel...
View ArticleVale Liddell coal: given away for nothing and destroyed by predatory...
By Jo Nova A “win” for predatory capitalism and government mis-interference Liddell power station (foreground). Bayswater power station (rear).Photo NSW DPI Yesterday, for the last time the final...
View ArticlePanic now: The Australian national grid manager admits blackouts are coming
By Jo Nova We’re on the precipice of a radical experiment with a national electricity grid The AEMO (manager of the Australian grid) has finally released the major report on problems coming in the...
View ArticleFailing underwater cables “pose global threat to offshore wind”
They’re not much use without a lot of cabling. | Image by Norbert Pietsch from Pixabay By Jo Nova Thanks to Oldbrew at Tallblokes Talkshop Who knew high voltage cables running for kilometers in a deep...
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