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Renewable Energy News
The Sydney Morning Herald
But the immediate response of Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was not to acknowledge that climate change was a key factor behind one of the most ferocious storms in South Australia's history – but rather the state's renewable energy was to blame.
ABC Online
The South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, says this was a 'weather event, not a renewables event.' But that hasn't prevented a debate about the state's use of wind and solar power. The Prime Minister says the renewable energy targets set by some
The Australian Financial Review
The brawl was on between those who wanted to blame renewable energy for the complete loss of power to an entire state, and those pointing out that the problem was not primarily in generation of power but in its transmission, after twin tornadoes on ...
Frydenberg defends focus on renewables
The federal energy minister has defended linking his concerns about the stability of renewable energy with South Australia's power outage, which was caused by strong winds and lightning damaging supply infrastructure. Josh Frydenberg acknowledges that ...
Daily News & Analysis
The blackout of the country's fifth most populous state, with 1.7 million people, prompted calls on Thursday for an inquiry into the power sector and questions over whether the state's reliance on renewable energy exacerbated the situation. Authorities
Reuters UK
"Questions have to be asked: Is their over-reliance on renewable energy exacerbating their problems and the capacity to have a secure power supply," Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, a climate change skeptic, told Australian Broadcasting ...
Blackout blame reignites renewables debate
The blame game over South Australia's statewide blackout has reignited the debate about renewable energy, with Malcolm Turnbull condemning aggressive and unrealistic state targets. Ferocious storms on Wednesday damaged one of the state's power ...
Statewide blackout in Australia raises questions over renewable energy
“Questions have to be asked: Is their over-reliance on renewable energy exacerbating their problems and the capacity to have a secure power supply,” Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, a climate change sceptic, told Australian Broadcasting ...
Reuters
"Questions have to be asked: Is their over-reliance on renewable energy exacerbating their problems and the capacity to have a secure power supply," Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, a climate change skeptic, told Australian Broadcasting ...
Windpower Engineering (press release)
It is considered to be in the western part of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) in Texas, which provides renewable energy generation produced in west Texas access to major transmission lines that serve eastern Texas load areas including ...
ABC Online
In February, the Australian Energy Market Operator and Electranet — the owner of South Australia's transmission services — released a report into the integration of that state's renewable energy into the grid. It said the system could operate
The Canberra Times
The ACT government has defended its commitment to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020 and dismissed attacks on the sector as reckless knee-jerk reactions lacking evidence. The whole of South Australia was left without power for several hours on ...
The Guardian
Malcolm Turnbull has linked the blackout to the state's use of renewable energy, calling it a “wake-up call” for state leaders who were trying to hit “completely unrealistic” renewable targets. He said it was time to stop the “political gamesmanship
