Early this year this column reported a push by Energy Minister Chris Bowen to reserve huge areas off the Western Australian coastline for offshore wind turbines.
The renewed push by the Energy Minister for a WA offshore wind farm ignores the inconvenient truth of how renewables are bringing other nations to their knees, writes Rocco Loiacono.reported a push by Energy Minister Chris Bowen to reserve huge areas off the Western Australian coastline for offshore wind turbines.
As part of the consultation, a public online information session with a “panel of experts” was held on 29 April.• Professor Peta Ashworth OAM, Director, Curtin University, Institute for Energy Transition Chris Bowen's renewed push for a WA offshore wind farm forsakes the truth of how renewables are bringing other nations to their knees, writes Rocco Loiacono. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin OllmanIn that country, there has been consistent investment in solar and wind energy for 14 years.
Even so, and despite the fact Germany is entering a recession, with cult-like stupidity, Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck still believes that renewables are Germany’s primary future energy source.He sincerely believes that German industry should up its output when the sun is shining or when the wind is blowing and then reduce production when the skies are still or overcast.
AEMO data shows that the SWIS’ wind farms have minimum output in every month well below 10 per cent of their capacity.
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