Kouts is a Real One.

Breaking news: AEMO suprised again by their absurd assumptions not turning out in reality. Here's why Virtual Power Plant's (consumers handing control of their batteries to their retailers) don't and won't work at scale, and anyone could see it coming: 1. Retail power

Here’s your regular reminder that comparing receipts from: - a tax (ie PRRT), with - government loan repayments (ie HECS) is as useful as comparing payroll tax receipts with repayments of the government loan NBN Co. The comparison is puerile Don’t fall for it like a fool.

CHART OF THE DAY: Global sources of electricity generation in 2024. Coal remains king, accounting to more than 1/3 of global power output last year. Renewable sources only match it if aggregating solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, firewood and others all together.

Some wild weather coming. A temperature peak almost at 40 degrees, but strong winds incoming this arvo, good chance of a storm... What does that mean for energy prices in NSW? Well the forecast has prices hitting the cap, $20k, around 2:30pm, well before peak demand. 1/

The precautionary principle said: “Don’t give babies peanuts. It might cause allergies.” That advice? Dead wrong. And it caused a massive rise in peanut allergies. But then…scientists reversed course. And saved 40,000 kids from a lifetime of fear 🧵1/

this is why political campaigns are so bad and why compulsory voting makes it worse they don’t even have to be good at it, people will just turn up Kos’s bubble

being a renter in SA means you subsidize the wealthy to have cheap electricity

The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published the first widely recognised version of the periodic table in 1869 reflecting over 150 years of scientific development and understanding I bring you Kevin Rudd nothing like politics to set science back to populist twaddle

what is inertia (in the grid)? Ben has clearly thought about how to explain this using high school physics as the deepest reference. Great stuff! as Bonus, a great compilation of Energy Minister Bowen’s statements to be referenced in 2030 and some 🐐

This will be shit for the workers... If Tomago's owners had just listened to the millionaire energy guru, problem would've been solved last year, apparently! x.com/simonahac/stat… x.com/simonahac/stat…

Labor ‘too late to save 1200 smelter jobs’ “Tomago needs cheaper power supply urgently to stay alive, not the promise of a green credit that may or may not be awarded years into the future based on green power supply that may or may not arrive,” “Labor – founded by a

energy “expert” SHAC has some tweets that didn’t age well

Voters don't realise how much more solar & wind was *actually built* on Angus Taylor's watch.

Australia Institute You backed the wrong technology.

Disinformation is deliberately spreading lies. Dis = dishonest.

Grok is on to The Australia Institute