Hugh Saddler, Australian National University
On the early evening of Wednesday, February 8, electricity supply to some 90,000 households and businesses in South Australia was cut off for up to an hour. Two days later, all electricity consumers in New South Wales were warned the same could happen to them. It didn’t, but apparently only because supply was cut to the Tomago aluminium smelter instead. In Queensland, it was suggested consumers might also be at risk over the two following days, even though it was a weekend, and again on Monday, February 13. What is going on?
The first point to note is that these were all very hot days. This meant that electricity demand for air conditioning and refrigeration was very high. On February 8, Adelaide recorded its highest February maximum temperature since 2014. On February 10, western Sydney recorded its highest ever February maximum, and…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Feb 18, 2017 @ 18:01:06
Someone who actually understood what occurred in south Australia. Naturally i had it last friday on Around the Traps
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Feb 18, 2017 @ 18:09:47
Wind power is forever tarred with that brush because it happened to lose power at a similar time reminding people that it is an unreliable source of power.
Do you think wind power is reliable?
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