The Victorian state electricity grid is running close to the wire
The Net Zero forced transition is just vandalism of a perfectly good electricity grid.
The whole 1,450 MW plant at Yallourn makes 20% of the state’s electricity, but has been described as “limping” along into retirement –– (a lot like Victorian manufacturing.)One report on the power station found that at least one of its four generators was out of action for a third of the time last year. Yallourn was supposed to close in 2032, but under siege from heavily subsidized unreliable generators, and a rigged market, that’s been brought forward to 2028.
It doesn’t help that it is owned by EnergyAustralia which is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Light and Power (CLP) Group. Presumably the CCP won’t mind at all if Victoria burns less coal, loses more smelters and can’t compete with it in the race to build data centres?
Things got so hairy last week, Paul McArdle of WattClarity has written nine articles about “June 12th”, when the wind power (marked in green) produced virtually nothing of the state’s electricity. (Graph from Anero.id)
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