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Blackout blamed on transmission

THE Australian Energy Market Operator's preliminary report into South Australia's state-wide blackout last week has blamed failures of the transmission system and not the use of renewables for overloading the state's vital Heywood Interconnector with Victoria.

Blackout blamed on transmission

AEMO's report found that when the severe weather swept the state, with high winds, thunderstorms, lightning strikes, hail and heavy rainfall there were multiple transmission system faults including, in...

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