Author: Rafe Champion

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Projects Pending Approval

    Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. I note the lack of projects in NSW whilst awaiting change in approvals process, where 89 renewable projects are prospective. See  https://infrastructurepipeline.org/search Regards, Bob King.  QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 2/2/24   VIC Waste to Energy 6/2/24   Pottinger…

  • Bob King’s roundup

    WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- Please distribute relevant sections to your network Regards, Bob King.  QUICK SUMMARY LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK 18/1/24 Moonlight Range Wind, Central QLD 9/2/24   Forecasting Assumptions and Gencost 9/2/24   Draft legislation on climate-related financial disclosures 23/2/24 Offshore Storage 24/2/24 Punchs Creek Solar, Toowoomba 22/3/24 House of Reps, EV’s and Batteries PREVIOUSLY 15/1/24 Western Downs BESS QLD, $600m…

  • Rafe’s Roundup

    THE REGULAR RASCALS 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

  • Cost of offshore wind

    RUPERT DARWALL ON THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE Offshore wind was never going to happen here due to the real cost and also the wind droughts at sea demonstrated by King Island which still draws half its power from diesel despite megabucks spent on wind, solar and batteries.

  • Rafe’s Roundup 20 Dec

    WHAT THE DEPLORABLES ARE UP TO Something a bit different, not new, but topical, sadly. An account of a guided tour of Israel organized by the Centre for Progressive Judaism to provide three points of view on the complex historical, social and political situation. http://www.the-rathouse.com/mem/Israel2010.html THE REGULAR RASCALS Quadrant The Energy Realists   IPA Net Zero…

  • The Packham Williams Medal

    The press cover of energy issues is deplorable and consequently it is practically impossible to have an informed public debate. This is no small thing. A functioning democracy must have some fairly high proportion of voters who are well informed about the most important. On energy maters, sins of commission abound when unhelpful information is…

  • Rafe’s Roundup 18 Nov

    The latest additions Australians for Science & Freedom AND Free Speech Union Launch Melbourne Monday Nov 27 THE 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…

  • OBJECTIONS TO RE PROJECTS (RC)

    WRITTEN FOR AN OBJECTION TO GLENELLEN SOLAR BUT APPLICABLE TO ALL WIND, SOLAR AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS 1. The transition from coal is impossible without nuclear Simple as ABC. A: Input to the grid must continuously match the demand. B: The continuity of wind and solar input is broken when there is little or no wind…