The Last 0.2%: Solar, Batteries and the Cost of Eliminating Gas
A ten-year thought experiment across South Australia, Victoria and NSW
Science of Doom
Explaining climate science without the hysteria.
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Tropical Cyclones: Cat 4+ Counts and the Annoying 1990 Boundary
In Recent Trends in Tropical Cyclones last year we looked at the data for 1990-2024 from IBTrACS and compared this to a paper, Trends in Global Tropical Cyclone Activity: 1990–2021, Philip Klotzbach et al (2022).
Cheap power, expensive bills: what Australia’s electricity prices really show
Over the past few articles, we’ve looked closely at South Australia, which has become one of the clearest real-world examples of what a high-renewables power system looks like.
After Sunset: South Australia Is Not a Template
In the last two articles I looked at South Australia after sunset.
After Sunset, For How Long?
More on South Australia
After Sunset: How Far Wind and Interconnectors Can Carry South Australia
One of the standard objections to a highly renewable South Australian grid goes something like this:
Renewables: From China to South Australia — A Guide to the Series
A Reading Guide to My Recent Renewables Posts
The Solar Lunch Break That Coal Can’t Take (and Gas Only Sort Of Can)
In the South Australia series we’ve watched the daily rhythm of a high-solar grid:
The Invisible Renewables Market: From LGCs to CIS to REGO
In our previous articles looking at South Australia’s grid, we’ve explored the market machinery.
The Negative Price Puzzle — Why Generators Pay to Produce Electricity
Negative electricity prices sound like a malfunction in reality.