Thanks to Peter Bobroff from the grid.publicknowledge.com.au site for these daily data which reveal much.
The last day of Basslink transmissions was 20 Dec 2015. It is fascinating that the cable failed a few days after exports were started. What was the rationale behind the decision to sharply increase Hydro production 16-17th December to export to Victoria – at a time dam levels were low? After Basslink failed it took a month to ramp up gas. Will try and get intraday day data in the week up to the break. A week ago I posted – “Base Load power is now a myth” so say renewable energy enthusiasts
Checkout NemWatch for real time electricity generation in each State and see how often wind is near useless.
US conducts poll in Australia over Chinese lease of Darwin Port
Just saw this – Adam Giles branded ‘dumb’ for Chinese port deal amid calls for US to explain secret polling – The Turnbull Govt should “man-up” and find a technicality in Commonwealth powers to void this lease and reverse this colossal stupidity. Last November I wrote – Is there a more pointlessly stupid Govt decision than leasing the Port of Darwin for 99 years?
Victorian Labor Govt moves to turn on the Wonthaggi seawater desalination plant
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Dimock Water Trial Pennsylvania fracking goes to court – help get the truth out
The FrackNation Facebook page – Ann & Phelim Media LLC – has been attacked by activists leading to two posts being removed and the page being locked for 24 hours. Ann & Phelim are reporting on the Dimock Water Trial in Pennsylvania – Read about it – 7 reasons the trial is shaky – water expert hides – water expert video – no proof water contaminated – and like and share every post about the Dimock water trial and then Ann & Phelim need you to forward the links to all your friends so they build up a massive number of supporters for the FrackNation Facebook page. This should help balance the organized attack by anti-fracking activists against the page. If FrackNation don’t fight back – they could succeed in having the page permanently suspended and prevent FrackNation from letting the world know the truth about fracking as the trial enters its final week. – Facebook has sided with the anti-fracking activists.
“Base Load power is now a myth” so say renewable energy enthusiasts
“Base load” power: a myth used to defend the fossil fuel industry – this article is linked at the bottom of the Nemwatch page where you can see in realtime the contribution of various electricity generation sources to the grid loads in the various States. I hope readers get in the habit of checking Nemwatch to see for themselves how often it is that wind power is near useless providing only 1 or 2% of our electricity. To check generation in WA use the WA AEMO page – best around.
So unless Australian electricity consumers will vote for common brown-outs and black-outs I can not see how you can avoid a large fossil fuel capacity that will keep generating when the wind does not blow. Late in the article there are statements about the Tasmanian power crisis that appear to me as flights of fancy.
Has the Turnbull Govt given the Greens a secret undertaking to get changes to Senate voting passed?
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Does anybody believe Collins Class submarines can be cost effective into the 2030’s?
This bombshell broke yesterday with the so called leak of Govt details on delaying new submarines until the mid 2030’s. I am interested in what it really means to extend the Collins Class life to that extent. Continue reading Does anybody believe Collins Class submarines can be cost effective into the 2030’s?
Cobar weather station and many others goes automatic as BoM staff cut
BoM staff cuts at regional weather stations were flagged a month ago – so here is a response in local Cobar news. These marked blue are the sites likely to be de-staffed.
My main point is that these stations will be like Cobar – designated Met Offices properly staffed – which should be a step up in importance from the hundreds of smaller sites where volunteers or part timers take weather readings. IMHO a crazy decision that will affect data quality in years to come. In the context of the Australian economy – what will the savings be? In the context of the cost to us of greedy politicians – what will the savings be? There is much more at www.michaelsmithnews.com/
Tasmanian electricity crisis rolling along
The pre-Christmas 2015 failure of the Basslink cable from Victoria has thrown a googly into Tasmanian electricity supply. Most of their supply is from Hydro, the last two years rain has not been stellar and storage levels are under 17% now. They have gas supplies from Gippsland and have gas fired generators. Nemwatch gives real time snapshots of what each source is contributing. Wind has less capacity than gas – thats when the wind blows. The State Govt which owns the Hydro and most other generation – is importing 200 diesel units to help through and the unions want their share. Then they can always turn off industrial customers if they have to. Basslink is taking longer to repair than was first thought.
New Zealand summer now described as “weird” – is this an improvement on the “mad” of last month
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