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Flat White

Planned chaos in Australia's power generation

11 June 2022

7:00 AM

11 June 2022

7:00 AM

Politicians are inviting electricity chaos in Australia by promoting the closure of coal-fired power stations, but also by promoting more electric cars to enter the grid – more demand, less supply.

Green energy is a wild bull in the electricity china shop. 

Around mid-day on most sunny days, millions of roof-top solar panels pump electricity into the grid, often pushing prices too low for rational generators to continue supplying power.

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