Australian town’s dreams of having a ‘net-zero’ grid results in rolling blackouts lasting for days

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Posted on 12/14/2024 9:32:37 PM PST by CFW

In 2018, the city council of Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia, had hoped to become the country’s first carbon-free city by 2030. About $415 million USD was invested in solar, wind and battery projects within 15 miles of the town of 19,000. These generators were supposed to supply enough electricity to power 117,000 homes.

Then in October, a storm hit the region, destroying power lines connecting the town to dispatchable power from the New South Wales grid, and the entire town was plunged into rolling blackouts. While things gradually returned to normal over a few weeks, the region was hit with another blackout this month.

The disaster highlights the fact that there’s never been a grid in the world, even for a small population, powered entirely by wind, solar and batteries, despite global goals to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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On Oct. 17, the town’s position as a renewable energy demonstration project came to an abrupt close. A severe storm, possibly a tornado, destroyed transmission lines, plunging Broken Hill and other communities in the region into darkness. According to The Australian, the people of Broken Hill were “left to live like mushrooms.”

Australian political commentator and climate skeptic Jo Nova reported that refrigerators in pharmacies failed, which destroyed medications, and emergency replacements were brought in. Schools were closed, and grocery store freezers couldn't operate, spoiling large amounts of food. Emergency food supplies had to be trucked in.

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I'm sure those that demand "net-zero" emissions intended for those other people to do without power. Not themselves.

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