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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…
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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…
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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
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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EVs RIP
Look out for cheap second hand EVs From Rafe You were warned, look at Briefing Note 21.11 The list of problems is so long that you need to read the note to appreciate them. Consider the social injustice of subsidies for well-off people who can afford evs, the human rights of workers in the supply…
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Bob King’s Summary
WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:- LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK NOW and until 2024 FNQ regional plan 20/11/23 Mount Piper BESS, Wallerawang 20/11/23 Tarong West Wind, South Burnett 23/11/23 Capricornia Energy Hub (CEH) Transmission Project 1/12/23 Sustainable Finance Strategy 11/12/23 and 1/3/24 Accounting Standards for Climate change 19/2/24 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 amendments PREVIOUSLY 13/11/23 SA’s transmission and…