Wind

Policy & Planning

Contested wind project pivots turbines and cuts footprint after discovering more endangered cycads
Wind farm developer has shaved 110 hectares off its footprint after working with EPBC planners to improve the environmental credentials of the contested project.
Rachel Williamson

Jun 17, 2026

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Chart of the day

Photo of the Day: Australia should allow wind turbine blades to be trucked in convoy
Updated: In China, they deliver wind turbine blades in convoy to project sites. It must be much lower cost than in Australia, where blades are moved piece by piece, with police escorts.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 16, 2026

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Renewables

Plans for Australia’s biggest wind farm scaled back, with solar and big battery added to create huge hybrid
Plans that started as an up to 5 GW wind farm have morphed into a 1.35 GW hybrid heavyweight combining wind, solar and battery storage next to a major new transmission line.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 15, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Plans to resurrect 2km buffer zone will make new renewable projects “unviable,” CEC warns
State opposition plans to require a 2 km buffer zone between all new wind, solar and battery projects would wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars in benefit payments, new analysis claims.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 15, 2026

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Renewables

Australia’s second biggest wind farm still stuck at half-way point as faulty blade replacement continues
As the first Australian wind farm to reach 1 GW of output is celebrated, the project that was supposed to be the first to reach that milestone is stuck at its half way point.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 15, 2026

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Renewables

Golden moment: Australia’s biggest wind farm becomes first to reach 1 GW of output
Australia’s biggest operating wind farm has set a stunning new record, becoming the first in the nation to surpass one gigawatt of generation output.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 12, 2026

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Wind

China opens world’s first undersea data centre, powered by offshore wind turbines
The world’s first undersea data centre has begun operating off the coast from Shanghai, powered by offshore wind and using seawater for cooling.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 10, 2026

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Renewables

Wind giant plans to plug batteries into turbines at all new Australian projects, starting in NSW
Wind giant says “DC-coupled” battery technology piloted in Victoria will be included in all new Australian projects, starting with a shovel-ready wind farm in NSW.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 9, 2026

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Renewables

“Significant milestone:” Off-grid mine runs 155 consecutive hours on 100 pct renewables and engines off
Off-grid gold mine achieves 155 consecutive hours of running on 100 pct renewables, with “engines off” – a pointer, it says, to what is possible.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 6, 2026

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Renewables

“Worse, not better:” Developers paint grim picture of wind energy economics – even with CIS support
The economics of building new wind farms in Australia is “getting worse, not better,” project developers warn, as rising construction costs and a fickle off-take market block the path to final investment.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 5, 2026

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Renewables

AI giant chooses Australia’s first 100 pct (net) renewable grid to build country’s biggest data centre
The biggest data centre in Australia will be built in its only 100 pct net renewables grid. And it could have a major impact, including eliminating negative demand.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 4, 2026

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Solar

Wind and solar generation records tumble, despite drought, and as batteries continue to ramp up
A record-breaking month of renewable energy generation has been set in three different states across Australia, as big batteries continue to smooth prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 4, 2026

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