I heard that on one particular day when the winds weren't favourable the wind turbines consumed more electricity to power them than they produced.

Wind turbines in South Australia were using more power than they generated during the state’s electricity crisis, which has prompted major businesses to threaten shutdowns and smaller firms to consider moving interstate …

Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox yesterday said the rise in prices, already the highest in the country, had disrupted industry and served as a warning for the rest of the nation. “That is a serious blow to energy users across SA and has disrupted supply chains upon which thousands of jobs depend,” he said.

“The real risk is if this volatility becomes the norm across the National Electricity Market.

“In June, electricity cost South Australia $133 per megawatt hour on average — already a high price. But since July 1, electricity prices have spiked above $10,000 per MWh at times.”

This is what happens when wind farms power your economy:

The whole of South Australia is blacked out. Power grid shut down. 11 more hours of black out

The manages should fire the politicians

BigOl64 wrote on Sep 28^th, 2016 at 6:51pm:


she must be doing a good job if you don't like her

So Longy in Adelaide is offline now?

I bet this was caused by privatization.

John Smith wrote on Sep 28^th, 2016 at 7:00pm:



The people of the north can thank her for 14% unemployment with no plans to fix anything; ye she's a keeper alright'

She won't be there long, come next election, I can assure you.