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- Will Blackouts Come to Britain? 20 hours agoFreddie Sayers is joined by energy analyst Kathryn Porter to break down the National Grid numbers and find out how Net Zero might cause blackouts by 2030.
- How Close Were We to Blackouts Yesterday? Fri, 10 Jan 25, 9:00pmIt does not take a genius to work out why? We shut down more than 20 GW of reliable coal capacity, and thought we could replace it with medieval technology that only works when the wind blows!
- America needs a subzero blackout prevention program Sat, 21 Dec 24, 1:00amCold kills and America is at great risk of deadly subzero blackouts. Renewables are part of the problem but gas is the biggest part. We now know that the supply system that feeds our gas fired power plants can be unreliable...
- Grid not-fit-for-purpose: On a warm day, Crazy Australia paid $3.5m to industry to *stop* working Sat, 7 Dec 24, 6:55amBy Jo Nova The Australian electricity grid is not-fit-for-purpose. And failure is being normalized. Last Wednesday during the near-miss of a blackout in Sydney the AEMO spent $3,558,000 on “demand reduction” which...
- Renewables Star state “urgently” wants to force two diesel plants back to stop blackouts Wed, 4 Dec 24, 7:11amBy Jo Nova Going Green with Diesel Back in February, South Australia was the Renewables Wonderland basking in the thrill of driving two diesel plants out of business...
- Not even summer, with one warm week, and the Australian grid is on the verge of blackouts Tue, 26 Nov 24, 8:29amBy Jo Nova Following the footsteps of Cuba It’s not even summer and the Australian grid is having heart palpitations.
- Jo Nova: $650m in renewable energy didn’t save Broken Hill from days of blackouts after a storm islanded it Thu, 31 Oct 24, 8:00amNova's story raises critical questions about energy policy and the realistic capacity of renewables to provide energy security. While her perspective is skeptical of the efficacy of renewables in their current state, it emphasizes...
- America’s Power Grid Could Buckle Under Sweltering Summer Heat, Watchdog Warns Sun, 19 May 24, 3:00amConsiderable portions of the U.S. are facing heightened risks of blackouts over the summer months, according to a new report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).
- A Federal Power Grid Would be Everyone’s Worst Nightmare Sun, 14 Jan 24, 5:00amWhat may be a dream come true for central planners ought to be everybody else’s nightmare.
- New York narrowly missed a disaster last Christmas Eve: gas pipes froze and 127GW of electricity vanished Tue, 28 Nov 23, 6:01amBy Jo Nova Our cities are more fragile than we imagine During the winter storm called “Elliot” last Christmas, gas pipes came close to freezing in New York...
- Electric Vehicles and Africa: No Place for Rich Boys Toys Thu, 9 Nov 23, 5:00pmIn Sub-Saharan Africa, the push for electric vehicles is a diversion from the region's more urgent problems.
- Aussie Energy & Climate Minister: Don’t Expect 3.4GW of New Renewables to Provide Grid Stability Wed, 25 Oct 23, 8:00amAussie Energy & Climate Minister: "I don't see we can put all the pressure on Renewables for Stability and Reliability", blames Climate Change for Hot Summers.
- The electric grid needs good failure mode analysis Tue, 10 Oct 23, 8:00pmUncontrolled blackouts may be unpredictable, but they can still be planned for to some degree.
- Labour’s Energy Plans Will Lead To (UK) Blackouts Wed, 9 Aug 23, 3:00pmThe model also finds that there would be a shortage of power for 48% of the year, and a surplus for 52%.
- Grid asks factories to use less energy next winter under blackout prevention plan Mon, 19 Jun 23, 3:00pmThis move is, to all intents and purposes, rationing. And the reason is quite clear – the closure of nearly all of our coal power capacity.