12 February, 2019

Don’t blame renewables for blackouts, energy experts say

A new Grattan Institute report says fears that rising levels of renewables will cause blackouts are misplaced, and by trying to fix the wrong problem we may risk more blackouts.
The power problem doesn't lay with coal or renewables as
 much as the poles and wires, the Grattan Institute said.
The report Keep Calm and Carry On said the conversation on reliable power had been wrongly focused on coal against renewables to keep the lights on instead of correcting problems with network reliability and how to create incentives for more investment in new generation.


Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Cole Latimer - “Don’t blame renewables for blackouts, energy experts say.”

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