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WA Residents Still Dealing With the Aftermath of Perth’s Christmas Outage
Over the Christmas break, Perth homes were subjected to a heatwave and a power outage, two things you don’t want during the festive season.
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Massive Blackout Leaves Most Of Argentina, Uruguay Without Power
Almost the entirety of the nations of Argentina and Uruguay, were “completely without power” following a “massive failure” in an electrical system on Sunday, Bloomberg and CNN reported, with parts of Paraguay, Chile and southern Brazil seeing outages as well. The Associated Press estimated over 44 million people lost power.
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Tesla’s 100 Days To Fix SA’s Power Actually Started Last Friday
Remember when Elon Musk gave South Australia a “100 days or your money back” guarantee that he could fix the state’s power issues? Well, it turns out that 100 days only started… three days ago. And the battery’s already half-built, so Tesla has a definite early lead in its 100-day countdown.
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The Real Lesson From South Australia’s Electricity ‘Crisis’: We Need Better Climate Policy
Australia’s energy markets got a big shock in July this year, when wholesale electricity prices spiked in South Australia, alarming the state government and major industrial customers. Commentators rushed to find the immediate culprits. But the real issues lie elsewhere.