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Post by nautonnier on Nov 30, 2018 12:13:31 GMT
This was flagged by WUWT - a good possibility that the Scottish grid will go down and be unable to bring it back up as there is no stable baseload power for the renewables to synch to. This is expected to result in country wide multi day power outs which in turn can be expected to lead to lawlessness as food, fuel and other essentials become unavailable. To be blunt, that is what is needed. A 'first world country' descending into total chaos due to stupid political virtue signalling. That will be the only thing that will reduce the stupidity. It might take finding a few politicians as decorations on lighting fixtures when the lights come on though. " Being able to rapidly “Black Start” the country is a public health priority and, rightly, a public expectation. In Scotland it is presently an unrealisable imperative. Industry expectation for Scotland to Black Start has now risen to five days and the replacement of large-scale dispatchable on-demand generation with weather-dependent intermittent distributed renewables is the cause. The PM088: Scottish Black Start Restoration Working Group reviewed its procedures in September. These are based upon Local Joint Restoration Plans from transmission operators to first power up and stabilise “local transmission islands” . Thereafter these islands/areas can be electrically synchronised and interconnected progressively to rebuild the onshore grid. THE Scottish Government and its quangos love to boast about Scotland “leading the world”. For example, apparently we lead the world on CO2 emissions reduction, LGBT rights and are planning to lead the world on third gender recognition and human rights. Reality suggests that where we really lead the world are in areas such as obesity, child poverty, state dependency, hospital waiting times and potholes per mile of road.**** " www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17263695.letters-our-power-grid-and-the-titanic-scenario/?ref=ar*** I lived in Scotland for several years - the description of the roads then was: " holes held together by tarmac"
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 3, 2018 2:01:13 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 3, 2018 2:20:20 GMT
This was flagged by WUWT - a good possibility that the Scottish grid will go down and be unable to bring it back up as there is no stable baseload power for the renewables to synch to. This is expected to result in country wide multi day power outs which in turn can be expected to lead to lawlessness as food, fuel and other essentials become unavailable. To be blunt, that is what is needed. A 'first world country' descending into total chaos due to stupid political virtue signalling. That will be the only thing that will reduce the stupidity. It might take finding a few politicians as decorations on lighting fixtures when the lights come on though. " Being able to rapidly “Black Start” the country is a public health priority and, rightly, a public expectation. In Scotland it is presently an unrealisable imperative. Industry expectation for Scotland to Black Start has now risen to five days and the replacement of large-scale dispatchable on-demand generation with weather-dependent intermittent distributed renewables is the cause. The PM088: Scottish Black Start Restoration Working Group reviewed its procedures in September. These are based upon Local Joint Restoration Plans from transmission operators to first power up and stabilise “local transmission islands” . Thereafter these islands/areas can be electrically synchronised and interconnected progressively to rebuild the onshore grid. THE Scottish Government and its quangos love to boast about Scotland “leading the world”. For example, apparently we lead the world on CO2 emissions reduction, LGBT rights and are planning to lead the world on third gender recognition and human rights. Reality suggests that where we really lead the world are in areas such as obesity, child poverty, state dependency, hospital waiting times and potholes per mile of road.**** " www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17263695.letters-our-power-grid-and-the-titanic-scenario/?ref=ar*** I lived in Scotland for several years - the description of the roads then was: " holes held together by tarmac" That would explain the holier than thou attitude.
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Post by missouriboy on Dec 3, 2018 6:06:12 GMT
A Slightly Different Blowing In the Wind Postwatchers.news/2018/12/02/tornado-alley-shifting-east/"We show that national annual frequencies of tornado reports have remained relatively constant, but significant spatially-varying temporal trends in tornado frequency have occurred since 1979. Negative tendencies of tornado occurrence have been noted in portions of the central and southern Great Plains, while robust positive trends have been documented in portions of the Midwest and the Southeast United States."Ahhh ... music to a geographer.
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 3, 2018 10:58:33 GMT
This was flagged by WUWT - a good possibility that the Scottish grid will go down and be unable to bring it back up as there is no stable baseload power for the renewables to synch to. This is expected to result in country wide multi day power outs which in turn can be expected to lead to lawlessness as food, fuel and other essentials become unavailable. To be blunt, that is what is needed. A 'first world country' descending into total chaos due to stupid political virtue signalling. That will be the only thing that will reduce the stupidity. It might take finding a few politicians as decorations on lighting fixtures when the lights come on though. " Being able to rapidly “Black Start” the country is a public health priority and, rightly, a public expectation. In Scotland it is presently an unrealisable imperative. Industry expectation for Scotland to Black Start has now risen to five days and the replacement of large-scale dispatchable on-demand generation with weather-dependent intermittent distributed renewables is the cause. The PM088: Scottish Black Start Restoration Working Group reviewed its procedures in September. These are based upon Local Joint Restoration Plans from transmission operators to first power up and stabilise “local transmission islands” . Thereafter these islands/areas can be electrically synchronised and interconnected progressively to rebuild the onshore grid. THE Scottish Government and its quangos love to boast about Scotland “leading the world”. For example, apparently we lead the world on CO2 emissions reduction, LGBT rights and are planning to lead the world on third gender recognition and human rights. Reality suggests that where we really lead the world are in areas such as obesity, child poverty, state dependency, hospital waiting times and potholes per mile of road.**** " www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17263695.letters-our-power-grid-and-the-titanic-scenario/?ref=ar*** I lived in Scotland for several years - the description of the roads then was: " holes held together by tarmac" That would explain the holier than thou attitude. And the number of missing fillings in teeth
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 3, 2018 10:59:53 GMT
A Slightly Different Blowing In the Wind Postwatchers.news/2018/12/02/tornado-alley-shifting-east/"We show that national annual frequencies of tornado reports have remained relatively constant, but significant spatially-varying temporal trends in tornado frequency have occurred since 1979. Negative tendencies of tornado occurrence have been noted in portions of the central and southern Great Plains, while robust positive trends have been documented in portions of the Midwest and the Southeast United States."Ahhh ... music to a geographer. This would be due to the paths of the jetstreams and subsequent paths of the Ferrel cells and storms along their fronts.
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 4, 2018 11:05:04 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 5, 2018 21:00:09 GMT
You could not make this up..... Study: Global wind speed dropping, wind farms victim of “atmospheric stilling” Anthony Watts / 2 hours ago December 5, 2018 Widespread decrease in wind energy resources found over the Northern Hemisphere Widespread decrease in surface winds is found over the Northern Hemisphere. Wind energy resources are in rapid decline in many places. Study finds atmospheric stilling is a widespread and potentially global phenomenon.wattsupwiththat.com/2018/12/05/study-global-wind-speed-dropping-wind-farms-victim-of-atmospheric-stilling/I say I say.... We had two windmills on our farm - there was not enough wind for two so we had to take one of them down.... (a joke from the 1940's) Many a true word
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 8, 2018 20:58:18 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Dec 13, 2018 22:11:41 GMT
Renewables must prove reliability for cash IF true, it's one small step for ScoMo ..... a giant leap for reality. Wait for the howls of derision: I can hear the Labor back-room boys' brains ticking over as I type. It could be interesting to see how they frame their attack. Renewable energy projects will have to prove they can be reliable all day, every day under a new directive for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
The Morrison government on Friday will direct the corporation to prioritise investments that support more reliable, 24/7 power.
It effectively means proposals for projects such as wind and solar farms would have to show they could deliver reliable electricity even when the wind doesn't blow or the sun isn't shining.
"The CEFC will have to take into consideration the potential effect on reliability and security of supply when evaluating renewable energy generation investment proposals," Energy Minister Angus Taylor and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said in a joint statement.
"The CEFC has also been directed to continue to focus on emerging and innovative clean energy technologies with a view to further reduce the risk of the CEFC crowding out private finance in more established renewable energy markets."
It comes after the federal government announced taxpayer money could go towards upgrading existing coal-fired power plants to try and reduce power bills.
Registrations of interest for the government's underwriting plan opened on Thursday, giving the industry a six-week window to apply so a shortlist can be decided early next year.
The program will offer financial support for both new projects as well as existing facilities, over various stages until 2023.
To be viable for the technology-neutral scheme a project must deliver "firmed" energy.
Renewable energy projects such as wind and solar could therefore be considered, as long they're tied to appropriate storage.
Australian Associated Press
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Post by sigurdur on Dec 16, 2018 3:12:16 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Dec 27, 2018 9:32:03 GMT
"Peter Foster: Another report reluctantly admits that 'green' energy is a disastrous flop This report should be profoundly embarrassing to the government of Justin Trudeau
Amid hundreds of graphs, charts and tables in the latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) released last week by the International Energy Agency, there is one fundamental piece of information that you have to work out for yourself: the percentage of total global primary energy demand provided by wind and solar. The answer is 1.1 per cent. The policy mountains have laboured and brought forth not just a mouse, but — as the report reluctantly acknowledges — an enormously disruptive mouse." business.financialpost.com/opinion/peter-foster-another-report-reluctantly-admits-that-green-energy-is-a-disastrous-flop
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 3, 2019 17:19:31 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Jan 4, 2019 4:54:53 GMT
Will be difficult.
Famous people have said: The Incas sacrificed people to the weather gods. We sacrifice industries. Renewable energy is akin to putting a tourniquet around your neck to stop a nose bleed.
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 6, 2019 18:45:28 GMT
This shows conclusively that being 'green' is nothing to do with protecting nature or the environment. The laws should be enforced against subsidy farming windfarm companies as much as against oil companies
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