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Old 5th Oct 2016, 10:11
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UnderneathTheRadar
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"...The Australian Energy Market Operator’s preliminary report into the recent South Australian blackout reveals that the primary reason for the total loss of power was a sudden reduction in wind power being fed into the electricity network..."
From The Institute of Public Affairs - the bastion of the right wing think tanks with no barrow to push.

AEMO are a bunch of dills - certifs has it right, three transmission lines went down - that happened to all lead from wind farms. No generation source would have coped with the sudden, massive impacts to the lines and maintained supply in tolerance.
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