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First turbine goes up at state’s only wind farm under construction
The first of 69 wind turbines has been erected at the 414 megawatt project that is the only large-scale wind farm currently being built in New South Wales.Hundreds left without electricity as fire guts hydro power station
A major hydroelectric power plant has gone up in flames, gutting the station’s main building and leaving hundreds of homes without electricity.
Big battery owner slapped with hefty fine for pushing up power prices and “profit maximising”
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First turbine goes up at state’s only wind farm under construction
The first of 69 wind turbines has been erected at the 414 megawatt project that is the only large-scale wind farm currently being built in New South Wales.
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Australia wrote the world’s best rooftop PV rules. We must do the same for plug-in solar – and fast
Australia has the highest rooftop solar penetration on earth because we wrote sensible rules early and let people get on with it. We know how to do this for plug-in solar. We are just not doing it.
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Behind the Pacific’s reliance on fossil fuel imports lies an extraordinary economic opportunity. But tapping the huge solar potential needs international support.
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Scrapping VNI-West will “guarantee a massive increase” in power bills, former energy minister warns
Scrapping VNI-West and other projects designed to support renewable energy will result in “massive” electricity bill rises, says Victoria’s former energy minister.
Regulator “not satisfied” with Transgrid’s plan to recover transmission cost blowouts, but doesn’t rule it out
Transgrid might be able to claw back some of the more than $1 billion in cost blowouts it has incurred on Project EnergyConnect, but probably not through a re-do of its revenue determination, says AER.
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