AEMO slashes forecasts for wind farms as falling costs fuel solar and batteries By Daniel Mercer, ABC Energy Reporter 10th December, 2025 Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/aemo-isp-slashes-wind-forecasts-as-solar-batteries-rise Not a single wind farm has begun construction in Australia in 2025. (ABC News: Nathan Morris) The body that runs Australia's biggest power market has scaled back its plans for high-voltage power lines … Continue reading Wind Farms Becalmed
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Electricity Wasted, No Demand
We have more renewable energy than ever before. Why are we switching it off? 9th November, 2025 By Daniel Mercer, Alex Lim, ABC Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-10/renewable-energy-spilled-as-generation-outgrows-demand-/105929716 On a bright, breezy afternoon in Western Australia’s agricultural south-west, something seems amiss. The wind is blowing, but in the distance, giant wind turbines — each capable of powering thousands … Continue reading Electricity Wasted, No Demand
$1.5m for Spinifex Offshore Wind
Vic offshore wind farm project gets $1.5m 5th October, 2022 Source: https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic-offshore-wind-farm-project-163132487.html An offshore wind farm project off the coast of Portland in Victoria will get $1.5 million in funding to explore whether it could be commercially viable. Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm Pty Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Alinta Energy, will examine whether the … Continue reading $1.5m for Spinifex Offshore Wind
2022 Energy Crisis
Dan Lee of wattclarity.com.au states; 'The preliminary estimate of the total cost of June 2022 is $6.77 billion'. …'the majority of which will eventually be paid for by electricity end-users'. ~ DeFrock What was the total cost of ‘keeping the lights on’ across the NEM in June? Posted by DAN LEE Friday, September 16 2022 Author’s Note: June exhibited … Continue reading 2022 Energy Crisis
Subsidies Drain Power From The Electricity Market
'...not one of the 24 gigawatts of wind, grid solar or rooftop solar would have been installed without a subsidy.'-Dr Alan Moran
More Than $10B Spent On Renewables
More than $10B spent on renewables a ‘huge albatross around the neck’ of Australia 23rd August, 2020, Dr Alan Moran on Sky News Source: https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6183754851001 On average, Australia is spending $13 billion trying to get rid of coal and trying to interject renewable energy in the electricity market, according to economist Alan Moran. The Australian … Continue reading More Than $10B Spent On Renewables
AEMO Report~ Solar Surge; SA At Risk Of Major Blackouts.
'Household solar panel systems could be turned on and off under State Government instructions in a bid to avert statewide blackouts predicted as early as this spring, a new report shows.
The unprecedented move is being triggered by concerns from the national energy market operator that South Australia’s world-leading take-up of solar panels is making the grid unstable'.-Matt Smith, The Advertiser.
Troubles Escalate For Renewables Ventures.
'An AEMO spokesman said the scale and pace of solar and wind generation connected in electrically remote areas of the National Energy Market was presenting “unprecedented” technical issues that were affecting grid performance and operational stability.'
