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Wind Droughts: Who Knew?
HELP WANTED Can you tell me in the comments when you first encountered the term “wind droughts?” It came up in the second briefing note from the Energy Realists but not in the first which was written to convey the idea of sudden death if wind is not available all the time. The choke point…
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Bob King’s list of RE submissions
Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Victorian renewable projects are particularly difficult to identify – see note Three QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 8/3/24 Offshore Storage – another enquiry 13/3/24 Stratford PHES, Hunter Valley 15/3/24 Euston Wind, Balranald 18/3/24 Gippsland Basin CCS 18/3/24 S.A. Hydrogen Hub,…
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We are breaking the Paris Agreement
Taking over farmland to build facilities to produce intermittent energy is a violation of Article 2(b) of the Paris Agreement. Article 2 of the 2015 Paris Agreement states: “This Agreement… aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: “(b)…
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How many green jobs can we afford?
Keith Pitt, a Queensland MP, compiled a lists of green projects, most in Qld, with the capital cost, the number of workers involved in the construction and the number of permanent jobs. The projects included the Kaban wind plant, costing $37M with 250 construction workers and 5 permanent staff, Clarke Creek wind, 1.5Bil, 350 construction…
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Rafe’s Roundup Feb
ADDITIONS Western Heritage The Free Speech Union of Australia Australians for Science and Freedom Quadrant The Energy Realists IPA Net Zero Aust Spectator Jo Nova Centre for Independent Studies Conservative Vagabond The Monarchists The Free Press Bettina Arndt Menzies Research Centre The Sydney Institute IPA Mannkal Taxpayers Alexandra Marshall ` Australian Inst for Progress The Conservative Party CPAC
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Bob King’s Roundup
Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 29/2/24 Moah Creek Wind, Rockhampton 6/4/24 Tasmania’s Climate Change Plan PREVIOUSLY 19/2/24 Gelliondale Wind, Vic 19/2/24 Senate Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill 2023 23/2/24 Offshore Storage 24/2/24 Punchs Creek Solar, Toowoomba…
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The Bob King Report
Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 21/2/24 Brigalow Peaking Plant, QLD 4/3/24 New Vehicle Emissions Standard PREVIOUSLY 12/2/24 IPCN Hills of Gold Wind Farm 14/2/24 Gippsland Offshore Marine Survey 16/2/24 Draft ISP 16/2/24 Victorian Transmission 19/2/24 Gelliondale Wind, Vic 19/2/24 Senate Protecting the Spirit…
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Rafe’s Roundup Feb 3
Australians for Science & Freedom] Free Speech Union of Australia Quadrant The Energy Realists IPA Net Zero Aust Spectator Jo Nova Centre for Independent Studies Conservative Vagabond The Monarchists The Free Press Bettina Arndt Menzies Research Centre The Sydney Institute IPA Mannkal Taxpayers Alexandra Marshall ` Australian Inst for Progress The Conservative Party CPAC
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Global energy mix
Fascinating chart to show that intermittent energy is not making any difference to the energy mix. As Mark Mills told us, 20 years, 5 or 10 trillion dollars and the needle has barely moved.
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Nasty Projects in Play
Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King Project amendments are proceeding without referral back for submissions, e.g. Liverpool Range Wind Farm – SSD-6696-Mod-1 EXH-67001459, increased tip height to 215m, increased vegetation clearing, but reduced turbines from 267 to 185. Battery projects and enlargement are also being approved without consultation. There has…