South Australia has been doing pretty well with a renewables-backed grid. There was a smear campaign in 2016 regarding a state-wide blackout, caused by severe

South Australia has been doing pretty well with a renewables-backed grid. There was a smear campaign in 2016 regarding a state-wide blackout, caused by severe weather affecting the distribution & transmission infrastructure. [see #1] The incumbant political party used this as an opportunity to blame the renewable generators (and state government, from the "opposite side" of politics). [see #2] The same severe weather event would have affected any power generator. [1] https://www.aer.gov.au/wholesale-markets/compliance-reporting/investigation-report-into-south-australias-2016-state-wide-blackout https://www.aer.gov.au/wholesale-markets/compliance-reportin... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Australian_blackout#Immediate_political_responses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Australian_blackout...