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Australia Archive
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NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 2)
Posted on March 16, 2018 | No CommentsPart 2 Eraring, Mt Piper, Vales Pt Introduction: The NSW government is selling Snowy Hydro to the Federal Government, thereby demonstrating beyond doubt that it is abrogating its duty of […] -
NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 1)
Posted on March 14, 2018 | No Comments14/3/2018 Part 1 Bayswater and Liddell power plants Introduction The Australian public has no idea how tight Australia’s power generation is in hot summers. A recent 4 corners program on population […] -
Australia’s east coast solar generation is replacing coal by only 2% in late summer
Posted on March 11, 2018 | No CommentsThis is an analysis of late summer. Data are taken from Open NEM: http://opennem.org.au/# The graphs in this post are a bit different from those on the above website Fig […] -
Will Australia have a strategic oil reserve before it is too late? (part 2)
Posted on February 22, 2018 | No CommentsIn part 1 we talked about what action the government is taking to bring Australia back to the IEA 90 days oil stock requirement. What was done so far This […] -
Australian fuel imports from Asia are going sky high while non-compliance with IEA stock requirements continues (part 1)
Posted on February 21, 2018 | No CommentsFrom time to time the media takes some interest: Low emergency oil reserves ‘now pose a danger to security’ 16/2/2018 Australia’s failure to meet emergency oil reserves now posed a […] -
Energy guzzling NSW had to import up to 1,700 MW on 7 Jan 2018
Posted on January 13, 2018 | No CommentsOn the first really hot day in 2018 Sydney experienced temperatures above 45 degrees. Fig 1: BOM Temperature map for NSW on 7 Jan 2018 http://www.bom.gov.au/web03/ncc/www/awap/temperature/maxave/daily/colour/history/ns/2018010720180107.hres.gif These were the temperatures […] -
Former Prime Minister Howard assumes US shale oil will provide for China’s oil demand growth
Posted on November 4, 2017 | No CommentsAt this event at the Australian Institute for Asian Affairs 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World – some observations from former PM John Howard https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/australia-todays-world/ John Howard was happy to report […] -
Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004
Posted on October 31, 2017 | No CommentsThis article is about a paper I handed over to former Prime Minister Howard during a seminar at the Australian Institute of International Affairs on 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World […] -
Australia’s east coast gas crisis will be permanent
Posted on October 20, 2017 | No CommentsAustralia comes up with yet another grand energy policy in which gas is supposed to deliver dispatchable (peak) power. From the Prime Minister’s website: NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE, […] -
Almost half of Australia’s petrol, diesel and jet fuel imports come from South Korea and Japan
Posted on August 12, 2017 | No CommentsAs the world wonders what comes next in the North Korean missile crisis we need to have a look what a military confrontation would mean for Australia. This article from […]