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| Subject: Imbecilic OZschwitz state pays the price for heavy reliance on renewable energy Thu Sep 29, 2016 12:57 am | |
| Hard on the heels of a "near miss" in July when it narrowly averted widespread blackouts, South Australia was warned on Wednesday night to prepare for an extended loss of electricity in the wake of wild weather.
The entire state is without power after being lashed with severe storms. (Video courtesy ABC News 24)
Described as a once in a 50-year storm, the statewide disruption prompted power companies to warn that users of medical equipment should prepare to use back-ups, and mobile phone users to conserve batteries.
"We are experiencing a state-wide outage which means we have no supply from the upstream transmission network," electricity distributor SA Power Networks told clients late Wednesday.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/south-australia-pays-the-price-for-heavy-reliance-on-renewable-energy-20160928-grqq9k.html |
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