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curiouser and curiouser. Just read that we very nearly had another Statewide blackout a fortnight ago. Seems a transformer blew up and 610MW of gas thermal power suddenly tripped off line.
The wind farms and the Heywood connector to Victoria just managed to make up the shortfall. Didn't hear much about that episode from the "renewables are the problem" brigade in the Federal Govt!
The planned fast reaction gas generator and a battery would have been useful - can't come soon enough. Apart from correcting major losses in generation, one analysis suggests that the planned gas generator will pay for itself even if it is never switched on - it will no longer be open slather on price spikes and the state could possibly even save the cost of the plant over a year if the threat of it being run up stops the most outrageous price gouging (which may be as much as $400m a year)
Last edited by Shiraz; 17-03-2017 at 07:59 AM.
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