Read that Denmark managed to export electricity one night from its windfarms, meaning one night the country got all its electricity from its wind AND managed to export some of it to the Euro grid. So much for the myth that you cannot have more than 10 or 20 percent wind power in the mix.
Our politicians in Australia know when something is dearer not to touch it. A tidal power station in the north of Western Australia's Kimberley region with 30 foot tides was not built. In Perth the hydrogen buses have been mothballed. A wind mill at Denmark (southwestern West Australia) has not been built after some protest by residents and lack of support by a federal politician spooked by the protest. The hillside where the mill was to be established has already been disfigured by a limestone quarry; the protest was all about placing the mill at a "pristine" scenic coastal spot?!
The US navy base at Exmouth with its VLF submarine transmission station, also Western Australia, has the largest diesel generators in the southern hemisphere. The navy has that much waste electricity that it offered it to the town of Exmouth free with a small proviso, that during emergencies the town would not have any electricity. Not on, said our government and set up their own power station. A waste of money as I am sure the power fails there just as often.
