The South Australian Blackout — by Terrence Cardwell, who worked for 25 years for the Electricity Commission of NSW, commissioning and operating the various power units. His last commission was at the Munmorah Power Station near Newcastle, with four (very large!) 350 MW power generating units.
- I predicted this would happen back in 2009/10 in my first article. This is NOT a once off event — it will happen again in the not too distant future and continue to do so. Why? Because of the continual instability created in the grid system by the constantly changing wind generators and insufficient stable, reliable power generation and the reliance of power from Victoria, who have to continually get them out of their insane situation.
- Any change in power generation from the wind generators has to be compensated for and chased by thermal power generation units, which decreases their efficiency substantially and…
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