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Tag Archives: SA blackout
IAN McAULEY. South Australia’s Electricity Problems: Jay Weatherill Should Follow The Coalition’s Example
Spare a thought for the people of South Australia. Large parts of Adelaide blacked out for up to 18 hours without notice. Trams stopped in their tracks across busy intersections. A bitter and partisan debate in state parliament about responsibility … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Infrastructure, Politics
Tagged Ian McAuley, Jay Wetherill, Kevin Rudd, nationalise electricity, SA blackout, Tom Playford, Tony Abbott
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ROSS GARNAUT. The economics of the future energy system.
How can we provide a high degree of energy security in Australia at the lowest possible cost, while contributing our fair share to the global effort to contain the costs of climate change? I take as my starting point … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Economy, Environment, Infrastructure, Politics
Tagged climate change, future energy system, grid stability, Ross Garnaut, SA blackout
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GILES PARKINSON. Coalition’s stunning hypocrisy – and ignorance – on renewable energy.
The Coalition appears to have abandoned all pretence that it supports renewable energy, now contradicting assurances by the grid owner and market operator – and now the biggest generator in the country – that the source of energy was not at … Continue reading
GILES PARKINSON. Uhlmann’s bizarre prediction of “national blackout” if we pursue wind and solar
The ABC is supposed to have a ban on advertising. But even if it was allowed, money couldn’t buy the sort of advocacy the fossil fuel industry and incumbent energy interests are receiving this week from the network’s chief … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Economy, Politics
Tagged Chris Uhlmann and SA blackout, Giles Parkinson, Reneweconomy.com.au, SA blackout
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