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35 degree days make blackouts more likely, but new power stations won't help

  • Written by Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
Whether your energy comes from coal or renewable sources isn't likely to make a difference to your risk of a blackout this summer.yellowbkpk/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Summer is here with a vengeance. On hot days it’s very likely something in the power system will break and cause someone to lose power. And the weather bureau expects this summer to be ho...

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