"A new report by the #Australia Institute found #subsidies for #FossiFuel giants in federal and state budgets will soon cost #taxpayers 14 times more than the Disaster Ready Fund."
“Australian governments are now planning to spend more on exacerbating #ClimateChange through these subsidies than they are on getting ready for #climate #disasters.”
That does not sound like a smart policy.
Some days the news is grim. But here is a piece of cool news:
"[Dutch] #offshore #wind farms close to Borssele and Egmond aan Zee were powered down to a maximum of just two rotations per minute on May 13.
[#Migration models] provide predictions about when and where #birds will be, two days in advance, [giving] #grid operator TenneT time to guarantee the #stability of the high-voltage grid."
#RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/dutch-claim-international-first-as-north-sea-offshore-wind-farms-powered-down-to-protect-migratory-birds.html
"The technology uses tower-mounted optical units – originally, 16 of them were spread out across the wind farm – to detect flying objects, and then algorithms to identify them as #eagles.
If an eagle’s speed and flight trajectory puts it on a collision path with a turbine, the system then sends a signal to shut that #turbine down."
https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-farm-owner-says-blind-spot-fixed-to-protect-eagles-turbine-blade-strike/
#WindFarms
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