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seasonal summer-only operation

So "summer" in Australia is, as in the northern hemisphere, June to September, but the coldest season? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:A62:1180:B801:1A5:3E8D:E87B:FBCE (talk) 22:18, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@2001:A62:1180:B801:1A5:3E8D:E87B:FBCE: No. Summer is the hot season, around the summer solstice. In Australia, it is generally recognised as covering December, January and February. --Scott Davis ^Talk 04:26, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

incorrect terminology under the “Closure and alternative uses” heading. "distribution" → "transmission"

> A few months after the shutdown, South Australia experienced a major storm in late September 2016 which damaged electricity distribution infrastructure and tripped out several wind farms and other generators.

The storm damage being described was to transmissions network infrastructure NOT distribution network infrastructure. They both are collections of poles and wires, but the difference is Transmission operates at factors of ten higher voltages and power ratings on the lines. They are those big quadrangle based towers with a dozen lines or more hanging from them at great heights. The distribution network is the poles and wires between houses and commercial enterprises and the sub-stations. From the substations it tends to be transmission networks. Ownership is almost always separated for these two types of networks Australia since the privatisation wars of the 80s and beyond, no matter if its private or publicly owned today. An acceptation is WA where the transmission network (high voltage) and distribution network ("street" level) for their SWIS grid around Perth is all publicly owned by Western Power, with seperate divisions for transmission and distribution responsibilities.

The transmission lines were downed because lines came down when many of the towers were uprooted with their lightweight footings still attached and their steel members were bent like pretzels.

Read the linked article already in the Wiki (see above) if you don't accept the technical accuracy of what Ove said here. saying.

WideEyedPupil (talk) 10:25, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

" A few months after the shutdown, South Australia experienced a major storm in late September 2016 which damaged electricity distribution infrastructure and tripped out several wind farms and other generators."

Relevance to the topic? It should be removed or rephrased so as not to suggest the blackout would have been prevented by the Northern power station being open.

In Australia, ideological anti-renewable energy voices, including Canavan mentioned, blamed renewable energy itself for the blackout, not just the wind farms tripped by storm damage to transmission (settings have been adjusted on those wind farms now). There is no guarantee the Northern power station would have ridden through and it had reportedly tripped the interconnector to Victoria 'islanding' SA before.

This shouldn't be supported. Gmelina (talk) 02:39, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]