5. Of wind and bluster. Infigen Energy’s 279-MW Lake Bonney wind farm is located on the Woakwine Range, about 2 kilometers from the eastern shore of Lake Bonney, in South Australia.

Had the state of South Australia, which includes Adelaide, a city of 1.2 million, not put so much emphasis on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by adding renewable energy facilities, these leaders ...

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According to The Guardian, the blackout was caused when high winds in the northern parts of the state took out five or six electrical transmission towers, which caused the entire state's network ...

South Australia's total blackout on September 28 has left Australians in a raging debate about the state of the country’s electricity system.

Checking in on South Australia, more than 8 years since that event, is pretty stunning. The state has risen from 39.5% renewables (as a 12 month rolling average) to now 71.3% in April 2025.

Mining at Olympic Dam and at Oz Minerals' Prominent Hill mine was halted when a storm destroyed power transmission lines and blacked out South Australia on September 28. Sign up here.

Last year, renewables provided a whopping 60% of South Australia’s electricity supplies. The remarkable progress came as national climate policy was gripped by paralysis – so how did it happen?

While South Australia’s storm hasn’t yet been specifically linked to climate change, it’s a reminder of the challenge of delivering essential services in a more variable climate.

South Australia relies on nearly as much wind-power generation as Denmark, the world's largest wind user, but, unlike Denmark, it cannot readily draw on power from outside the state.

Last week, South Australia was plunged into darkness after bad weather destroyed several transmission lines and created a state-wide blackout. But one 73-year-old man in Eden Valley did not even ...

THE finger-pointing has already begun in the wake of South Australia’s statewide blackout. One supposed culprit keeps getting mentioned. Liz Burke @lizeburke 5 min read September 29, 2016 - 5:55PM ...