Australian Energy Market Operator report says wind farms were the ultimate cause of blackout, network withstood pylon downings
Posted: October 5, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentShock news.
While ecos and wind farm proponents tried to blame the blackout on downed powerlines, a detailed report from AEMO shows it was actually wind farms that were the cause.
Electricity pylons near Melrose in South Australia’s Mid North were toppled in the storm Source: ABC News Australia
From the Institute of Public Affairs | Australia’s leading free market think tank
5 October 2016 PRELIMINARY AEMO SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BLACKOUT REPORT: WIND RESPONSIBLE
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s preliminary report into the recent South Australian blackout reveals that the primary reason for the total loss of power was a sudden reduction in wind power being fed into the electricity network, according to free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.
“The Preliminary Report makes it clear that while the weather was responsible for multiple transmission system faults, the blackout did not occur until after the sudden loss of 315 megawatts of…
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