Tag Archives: SA blackout

IAN McAULEY. South Australia’s Electricity Problems: Jay Weatherill Should Follow The Coalition’s Example

Posted on 8 March 2017 by John Menadue

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 →

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ROSS GARNAUT. The economics of the future energy system.

Posted on 8 October 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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GILES PARKINSON. Coalition’s stunning hypocrisy – and ignorance – on renewable energy.

Posted on 4 October 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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GILES PARKINSON. Uhlmann’s bizarre prediction of “national blackout” if we pursue wind and solar

Posted on 30 September 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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