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“Unmanaged energy”: WA gears up for solar switch-off rules, to probe Christmas blackouts
Western Australia launches independent investigation into blackouts that left tens of thousands of households without power during a four-day Christmas heatwave.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 31, 2022
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Solar
Blackouts and soaring electricity bills drive US homeowners to solar
A combination of high-profile grid failures, power outages, and mounting electricity bills, has put a rocket under the US home solar and battery market.
Joshua S Hill
Aug 26, 2021
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Policy & Planning
Blackouts and California’s clean energy transition
To address both near-term reliability threats and emerging climate risks, we need to move both more carefully and faster.
Mark Dyson Ben Serrurier and Charles Teplin
Aug 20, 2020
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Renewables
California heatwave catches grid operator unprepared
California’s rotating outages blamed on the state’s failure to integrate the demand and supply sides of the market.
Fereidoon Sioshansi
Aug 19, 2020
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Electric Vehicles
Upcoming Powerwall update refines Tesla EV charging in blackout events
Australian Tesla drivers who also own Powerwalls will soon benefit from update that balances charging in the event of a blackout.
Bridie Schmidt
Apr 20, 2020
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Explainer: power station ‘trips’ are normal, but blackouts are not
Tens of thousands of Victorians were left without power over the long weekend as the distribution network struggled with blistering temperatures, reigniting fears about the stability of our energy system.
Hugh Saddler
Jan 30, 2018
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Blackouts and baseload: Debunking myths of AEMO reports and Liddell
AEMO, like Finkel, provided Turnbull with a launch pad to push for a cleaner, smarter, cheaper and more reliable grid. Instead, the Coalition pined for traditional and outdated technologies. It’s time to bust a few myths about baseload and blackouts.
Giles Parkinson
Sep 15, 2017
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Why did Hurricane Irma leave so many in the dark?
Extreme weather presents many threats to electricity systems – particularly on centralised grids, where outages can ripple down the line. But can we do better?
Julie McNamara
Sep 15, 2017
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Blackouts: How market operator BoM-ed out on weather forecasts
AEMO’s use of private weather forecasters, and not Bureau of Meteorology, likely contributed to SA’s recent weather-related blackouts.
Giles Parkinson
Feb 24, 2017
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Storage
Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
With high gas prices partly to blame for the electricity blackouts that hit SA this month, and gas-fired generators caught short in NSW two days later, there are calls for Australia’s onshore gas to flow much more freely.
Dylan McConnell
Feb 24, 2017
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Frydenberg on blackouts: No mention of failing network, gas, software
Frydenberg blames blackouts on wind and solar, and attributes no blame to network faults, storms, dud software or failing gas plants.
Giles Parkinson
Feb 21, 2017
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Australian wind farms to compete with gas to provide grid stability
Wind farms to show they can provide same system services – inertia and frequency – as coal and gas plants in major new trial in South Australia.
Giles Parkinson
Feb 20, 2017
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