Raised risk of blackouts this summer as national energy operator sounds alarm on supply in NSW, Victoria and South Australia
Delays to a green energy project have been cited as a contributor to the increased risk of blackouts this summer. Picture: David Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images When asked why there had been such significant delays with the green energy projects, the energy expert told Sky News the capabilities needed to undergo Australia’s power transition has been “underestimated”.
“So, for example, social license is certainly one of those – that is that people really don’t like transmission lines. It’s also that the cost of these things has gone up over the last five years or so, dramatically.