New Catallaxy

  • Unreliable Energy projects

    Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:-LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK NOW       Punches Creek, Millmerran, Solar unstated Whaleback Ridge Wind, Zeehan, TAS HUGE declared 6Mar 21/3/24 Humelink changed circumstances, Transgrid 3/4/24   Humelink, Changed Circumstances, CER 4/4/24   Restart of Redbank Power Station with woodchip 11/4/24 Smart Meters 15/4/24 S.A. Hydrogen and Renewable Energy…

  • The Radio Show March 2024: Our favourite new songs

    Cats, due to popular demand, here we are. If any of you have heard a song of late that you’ve never heard before or a new cover of a song you love, then you know what to do. Post it, preferably with a film clip in the comments. Otherwise, just post your favourite songs. Given…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 9 March 2024

  • Simandou and other dark clouds

    We once proclaimed that our wealth was derived by riding ‘on the sheep’s back’. More recently, we have ridden the iron ore train but all good rides come to an end and dark clouds are gathering on the horizon. The threat to our long-term prosperity is becoming clear. Currently, China and Australia are bound together…

  • Wind drought June 2020

    This was a “killer month” when the Capacity Factor of the entire wind fleet was 10% or less for several periods – This submission to an inquiry in NSW in 2020 contains a day by day account of the drought in SA, Victoria and NSW during the longest “dry” spell, over 30 hours through the…

  • Global Stilling

    Late in the day, supporters of unreliable intermittent energy discovered that there can be a problem with the wind supply. They speculate that this could be caused by global warming and the term global stilling has been invented to make it look new and cover up their delinquency in failing to report wind droughts when…

  • Open Thread – Thurs 7 March 2024

  • 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…

  • Open Thread – Mon 4 March 2024

  • 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,…

  2. Indolent May 5, 2024 8:35 amThey seem happy to vote for their own destruction. Or perhaps the great replacement has reached…

  3. Bungonia Bee May 5, 2024 9:10 am The term “activist” has been over-used and has become a smoke screen.Bring back the…

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