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MARINUS: Marinus is a 'dead-weight loss'
Laura Bevis ABC News: The revised report, by Dr Bruce Mountain, found it would be cheaper to build battery storage in Victoria than to store energy in Tasmania and then send it to Victoria using the Marinus Link cables.
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MARINUS: Marinus Link not viable: Summary.
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ENERGY: Hydro turbine profits blown in the wind.
Ruth Forrest, Member of the Legislative Council of Tasmania The Mercury 16/12/21
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ENERGY: Who benefits and who pays for Tassie's major energy projects?
Ruth Forest : Another interconnector, more wind power and green hydrogen are all perfectly feasible, but will the Tasmanian community be better off? Advocate Dec 2021
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ENERGY: A Further Analysis of the Renewable Energy Zones.
While other states are focusing on their own needs, our Tassie government is focusing on ensuring private profits for offshore investors in 'renewables' which won't benefit Tasmania in any way.
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LOONGANA: Fact-check the Marinus Hype!
Our Loongana Valley, our forests, our wildlife, our tourist businesses will be destroyed. Who wins?
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LOONGANA: Community meeting hosted by Circular Head Coastal Awareness Inc.
Speakers: CHCAN - Bevan Anderson, SOLVE - Ben Marshall, CEPU State Secretary - Michael Anderson, Leanne Minshull, Birdlife - Dr. Eric Woehler, Craig Garland
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TRANSMISSION: To realise the true net benefit of underground HVDC over the life of a project, a Triple Bottom Line analysis is required for each transmission project to consider profit, people, and the planet.
Energy Grid Alliance: Submission to the NSW Inquiry into the feasibility of undergrounding transmission. Recomendations are applicable to all Australian states.
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TRANSMISSION: TasNetworks aren't looking at grid resilience.
Australian Business Roundtable Report: Building Resilient Infrastructure.
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TRANSMISSION: Tangled wires: Are transmission lines the new battle front for renewables? Sophie Vorrath - Renew Economy
Sophie Vorrath: After push-back at every step, Germany eventually put new transmission underground. Back in Tasmania, there is still time to learn from others’ mistakes and make the process as painless, and beneficial, as possible for all parties.
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FIRE: Electrical flashovers.
Flashover captured by a resident in Gippsland (ABC)
Caused by dust, condensation, fog, mist, snow, smoke and ash. A bushfire in Loongana Valley will likely have residents trapped. (more)
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ENVIRONMENT: Loongana has a Karst System - What is it?
The risks to our Karst could be high and the repercussions wide, especially for the whole Leven River Catchment.
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ENVIRONMENT: 'Cutting-edge' wind farm still an eagle killer.
Matthew Denholm: A system, which is spruiked by the industry and regulators as the foremost solution to wind turbine bird deaths, has failed to prevent the deaths of at least eight eagles in less than four years.
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ENVIRONMENT: Knowing the number of eagles which have been killed is a starting point to understanding the remnant population. This information is not publicly available.
Greg Pullen: In step with an outmoded method of detailing eagles and their usage of an area, Tasmania has set a very low bar to protect eagle nests from disturbance.
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ENVIRONMENT: Over 300 Endangered Eagles Killed or Injured by Wind Turbines in Tasmania: Study
Accelerated deaths of the Tasmanian wedge-tailed and white-bellied sea-eagles are a grim reality if thousands of new wind turbines are built.
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PLANNING: Be Careful What You Wish For in Power Projects
Greg Pullen: Community groups seeking to protect their environments face a tough corporate battlefield. Tasmanians have a legacy of dogged defence when the beauty and lifestyle of this island is threatened. At a time when expanded renewable power generation is vital, we must select only the best projects to enhance a sustainable future.
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