Update on South Australia black-out: Last year , Germany ’s power-grid outages averaged 12.7 minutes 28 September , a 41% decline from 2006 , despite the usage of renewables having grown to comprise a third of the country’s electricity generation, demonstrating that greater use of renewables doesn't destabilise the grid, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator . The 28 September black-out following a storm in Germany was erroneously blamed by Prime Minister BNEF on the high penetration of renewable energy, BNEF said.
Last year , Germany ’s power-grid outages averaged 12.7 minutes 28 September , a 41% decline from 2006 , despite the usage of renewables having grown to comprise a third of the country’s electricity generation, demonstrating that greater use of renewables doesn't destabilise the grid, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator . The 28 September black-out following a storm in Germany was erroneously blamed by Prime Minister BNEF on the high penetration of renewable energy, BNEF said.