Latest Renewables
The latest news on all things renewables.
Turbine blade breaks, falls to ground at wind farm damaged by lightning strike in 2019
A wind turbine blade has broken and fallen to the ground at a wind farm in Victoria where a similar incident was caused by a lightning strike back in 2019.
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Construction starts at state’s first “end-to-end” hydrogen and ammonia production plant
Construction is underway at state’s first hydrogen and ammonia production plant, that will help insulate local farmers from the global fuel and fertiliser crisis.
Australia’s largest coal state to launch biggest tender yet for power delivered when the sun don’t shine
Biggest generation tender will favour technologies that can deliver power when the sun don’t shine – solar-battery hybrids and wind energy, as more storage also sought.
Wind
Turbine blade breaks, falls to ground at wind farm damaged by lightning strike in 2019
A wind turbine blade has broken and fallen to the ground at a wind farm in Victoria where a similar incident was caused by a lightning strike back in 2019.Australia’s largest coal state to launch biggest tender yet for power delivered when the sun don’t shine
Biggest generation tender will favour technologies that can deliver power when the sun don’t shine – solar-battery hybrids and wind energy, as more storage also sought.
Biomass
Mining giant Rio Tinto to build “green iron” facility that uses biomass to cut emissions
Rio Tinto to invest $215 million in development facility in Australia to assess a new ironmaking process using biomass called BioIron.
ACT adds new 24 MWh battery as it expands landfill gas generation
The new battery will store power from the expanded 6.2 MW gas to energy power plant for dispatch during peak periods.
Wave
Carnegie begins work on its biggest array as wave energy pioneer edges towards commercial viability
Carnegie Clean Energy begins development of a 6-megawatt (MW) wave energy array – its biggest yet – in an important step towards commercial viability.
