An example of Govt delusion IMHO – ABC reports – Port Augusta’s coal-fired power station closes in South Australia – They should be OK until peak loads on Adelaide hot summer days – then they will be stretching their resources if wind is light in the late afternoons. Checkout Nemwatch. Amazing that a modern first world State puts its entire economy at the whim of the wind. On the off chance that you haven’t practiced for some time, begin with something simple, sildenafil tablets for example, a day by day walk. To get the best outcomes Tongkat Ali should order cheap levitra be used daily. It is widely believed that Marijuana is a sex stimulant all its own, and a good judge of how efficient your secretbrew is working: if the two of you are very ecstatic with the more sensual you, there’s your key! Shortly if you desire him to share your secret, it may open him up to the complete group of natural supplements for this problem too. viagra cheap no prescription Vigorous stretches can be applied by the chiropractic doctor has had much training in detection and adjustment of what is called a levitra samples subluxation. I have a few articles on this issue. For Peter Bobroff’s site AusGrid
Indeed, placing economic risk on volatile wind shifts. Insane …
But, people get exactly the politicians they deserve.
Of course, Victoria will be used as a backup if things go bad – you know, that ‘sustainable green energy’ called brown coal.
SA has already been drawing on VIC power often to the max capacity of the interconnectors. See this large version of my 12 month daily chart – shows Imports clearer than my small version – you can see they have often been drawing up to 14K MWhrs per day from Vic when wind is low. That has been with coal still generating. I read where the interconnectors will be upgraded next year – not sure what the new capacity will be. As we know the Vic transfers are not 100% secure – recall the SA grid crash that blacked out large areas around 10.20pm Sunday 1st Nov 2015 – due to Vic load shedding.
Was listening to the ABC around 9:20 this morning and Joe was speaking to a Tassie ABC journo about the poor rainfall leading to dam levels down and problems for the hydro electricity. She started to mention power from Vic and said the ‘brown’ word (as in brown coal). She stopped suddenly, stumbled around and finally said ‘coal’. I wonder if that makes iView? Can’t have green Tassie using brown polluting coal.
I saw that – the dreaded word “brown” slipped out. Initially she said they used Basslink for Exports – then later corrected and added Imports. Seemed ignorant that in the days before Basslink broke Hydro was both Importing and Exporting. Also she did not seem to know that according to NemWatch all the diesel units have been off for a few days now. It’s a tough game maintaining a PC Green stance in the face of reality.
It was a wonderful moment. Will she keep her job?
I think promotion more likely Ian – If you scroll down at the link below I have a 1 week chart of 5 minute NEM data across the Basslink cable fail. You can see they were exporting for a few days up to the cable fail.
www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=4353
Thanks for that reminder.
I believe Tassie is using diesel quite a bit now.
Not according to NemWatch Ian –
For a few days now NW has shown zero “Liquid Fuel (MW)” for Tasmania.
reneweconomy.com.au/nem-watch
Whereas it was previously showing the diesel generation.
Thanks, Warwick.
A handy website to bookmark. Maybe the recent wet spells have saved them.
This from SMH two weeks ago.
‘So Hydro Tasmania decided to unlock the doors of the old gas-fired Tamar Valley Power Station, and flipped open a copy of the Yellow Pages to find some diesel generators. The Tamar Valley could soon be producing about 386 MW and diesel generators up to 200 MW.
But it has cost $42 million to set up the generators, sourced from “throughout the Asia Pacific region”, plus about $20 million each month to operate. They even had to get an urgent exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency to burn diesel.’
And this from the ABC;
‘Wayne Johnston from the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (TFGA) said it would be a significant burden.
“No doubt power prices will have to go up, because this has got to be paid for one way or another,” he said.
“Some of our members are looking at a 45 to 50 per cent increase in their power.”
Mr Johnston said any increases should be shared across the nation and not directed at any particular sector.’
What??? We’re supposed to help pay for Tassie’s self-imposed problems.