Flickerpower is launched! This supersedes the temporary residence of the Energy Realists at RiteOn. The site is still a work in progress so don’t take any notice of the other material that is placeholding for proper content, the sharp edge is the list of Briefing Notes. There are more notes to come, and there will…

Briefing Note 22.1 February 2022 Background Serious environmental issues arise at ten stages of RE production, from mining raw materials to the disposal of turbines, batteries and solar panels at the end of their working lives. Critical issues at the phase of construction RE facilities, including the poles and wires required to carry the power…

How one disaster leads to another, the crisis in European high tech caused by the energy fiasco. European silicon output shrinking, metal smelters closing as electricity prices quadruple. For high tech nerds and market watchers, the chip situation worldwide. But don’t worry the EU will legislate to fix it! EC president promises European Chips Act…

Approaching breakfast-time SA is importing half of its power from Victoria and 94% of the local generation is gas. The turbines are running at 2% of capacity and providing 5% of demand. Victoria is generating a small excess of power but not enough to prop up SA without help from Tasmania and NSW. The Victorian…

Jess Hunt, an energy market designer with the Energy Security Board, posted a comment on LinkedIn to describe how the energy supply in SA was up and down in the week between Christmas and New year 2021-2022. This week’s energy supply mix in South Australia is a great example of variability that we need to…

With Nick Cater of the Menzies Research Institute. He does not describe himself as a conservative but he sees that some of the best commentary at present is coming from conservative voices.

Why are supposedly quality journalists so misguided on climate change? Paul Kelly and Greg Sheridan have clearly taken on board the alarmist global warming narrative. Never mind the performance of the hacks, what has gone wrong at the top of the profession and the once-were reputable newspapers? Global warming and the reduction of CO2 emissions…

Great to see John J Ray on the blogroll, he is a great unsung hero of the resistance and he deserves to get full recognition before it is too late for him to see and hear it. Check out his sites and take advantage of the arsenal of weapons that he has forged to help…

The banks are here to help with the multi-trillion dollar transition to carbon neutrality by 2050! Commonwealth Bank head of institutional banking and markets Andrew Hinchliff said there was a wall of funds looking to finance the transition, not just because it was the moral and ethical thing to do but also for the business…

Kerry and Biden, the gift to China that just keeps giving. Xie said Beijing and Washington would work together on emissions reductions, and share technology and expertise on clean energy, decarbonisation and electrification to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. In 2020, according to The Guardian, the FBI identified Chinese technology theft as the biggest…