Tight power supplies in NSW 14 Dec 2013 Fig 1: Warning to reduce electricity use A severe early summer heatwave across New South Wales is bringing the hottest weather since 2020 to…
ME oil supply situation as Gaza war brings world into unknown territory (part 2)
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) 26 Nov 23 “Following the detentions, Houthi forces fired two short-range ballistic missiles at Mason and the tanker, according to CENTCOM. At approximately 0141 on Nov. 27…
ME oil supply situation as Gaza war brings world into unknown territory (part 1)
ME-oil-supplies-as-Gaza-war-The Hamas attack on Israel on 7 Oct 2023 was reminiscent of the 1973 Yom Kippur war which triggered the 1st oil crisis (see Appendix) after OPEC imposed an oil embargo on…
Peak Oil in South East Asia and India – Part 1 Production and Consumption – Update 2022
The Energy Institute published its first Statistical Review on 25 June 2023, thereby replacing the BP Statistical Review https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review Let’s have a look at oil production and consumption in South East Asia…
Vivid Sydney 2023: power price spikes during lack of reserve condition
Light festival in Sydney 2023 VIDEO: Vivid Festival kicks off in Sydney https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-26/vivid-festival-kicks-off-in-sydney/102400366 Just a quarter of an hour before Vivid Sydney turned on its lights on 26 May 2023, there was…
Another 3 year warning on Australia’s fuel imports vulnerability
This article is an update to a previous post: 8/11/2022 Only 3-4 years to replace/save 45% of Australian diesel imports? https://crudeoilpeak.info/only-3-4-years-to-replace-save-45-of-australian-diesel-imports It incorporates the recently released Defence Strategic Review. Fig 1: Australian…
Australian jet fuel imports from China surge in 4 months to January 2023
No sooner have passenger numbers picked up after 2 ½ years of disruptions by the Wuhan virus, Fig 1: Sydney Airport passenger numbers https://www.sydneyairport.com.au/corporate/media/corporate-newsroom/sydney-airport-traffic-performance-february-2023 did Australia’s jet fuel imports from China surge:…
NSW power supply on 16 March 2023 so tight that AEMO had to issue emergency response directions
This is part 3 of the series “Can NSW replace Liddell?” The 16th of March 2023 was the 2nd hottest day in a late summer in NSW. Fig 1: Temperatures in Sydney…
Lack of reserve on hot day in NSW as Liddell power plant is scheduled to close
This is part 2 of the series “Can NSW replace Liddell?” I good test of what will happen when Liddell closes permanently end of April 2023 happened on 6 March 2023 when…
Can NSW replace Liddell? (part 1)
AEMO warns of NSW power gaps within three years, calls for ‘urgent’ investment in grid 21 Feb 2023 New South Wales is set to bear the brunt of reliability risks in Australia’s…