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20.01  - The Choke Point – when the wind fails and the grid dies.

 Purpose: To signal the critical situation for power security and the implication of the lowest “choke point” level of input from the sun and wind.

The Critical Issues:

(1) After the loss of several coal fired power stations  we have virtually no spare baseload capacity. We are “running on the rims” with no spare tyre.

(2) Many times a year when the wind supply is critically low the system will “choke” unless  conventional power sources (dominated by coal) can provide 100% of the demand for electricity.

(3) That situation is rare at present but it will be a constant danger when Liddell closes in 2023 taking almost 2GW of supply out of the system.

(4) We are told that wind and solar power can replace  coal-fired

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