Rachel Williamson, Author at Renew Economy

Rachel Williamson

Contributor

Rachel Williamson is a science and business journalist, who focuses on climate change-related health and environmental issues.

Wind

Chinese wind turbine giant enters Australian market, with promise of price cuts and huge pipeline
Chinese renewables giant Envision ramps up plans for Australian market, with a big pipeline of projects and competitive pricing for wind turbines and big batteries.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 22, 2025

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Renewables

CEC appoints acting CEO as more departures revealed and new guard takes over board and management
Interim CEO appointed to CEC after more departures revealed in a changing of the guard at the Melbourne-based lobby group.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 22, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“Show your face:” Energy infrastructure czar tells renewable project bosses to front up to communities
Energy infrastructure czar Tony Mahar wants developers and government planners to repair the distrust within communities around renewables, and send out senior people.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 21, 2025

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Wind

Local content, or lower costs: The offshore wind supply dilemma facing Australian governments
Australia will have to juggle the issues of local content and costs as it develops its offshore wind industry, as it emerges from the latest hype cycle valley of death.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 18, 2025

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Wind

Show us the money: Gippsland offshore wind aspirants plead with government for more support
Two offshore wind developers are warning Australian governments that boards are asking for revenue models in order to keep funding hefty up-front exploration costs.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 17, 2025

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Storage

Chinese PV giant proposes huge solar battery hybrid project to tap into major new industrial loads
China solar giant proposes huge solar and battery hybrid project, designed to tap into a new wave of industrial and electrification loads on Australia’s western grid.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 16, 2025

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Renewables

Ever heard of ocean thermal energy? This Australian startup wants to take it from prototype to product
An Australian startup is hoping to commercialise a little known ocean energy tech, with an eye on a future green hydrogen industry.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 16, 2025

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Storage

New gigawatt scale battery proposed for key transmission crossroads
Brookfield-owned company sends another big battery into federal EPBC queue, this time at a critical transmission junction that has already attracted interest of others.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 15, 2025

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Solar

First Nations calendars boost solar forecasting accuracy by up to 26 pct, study finds
Researchers in Darwin added First Nations seasonal calendars to solar irradiance forecasting and came up with some vastly improved results.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 14, 2025

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Storage

Huge 4 gigawatt hour battery – Australia’s biggest – seeks approval to soak up solar north of Sydney
Federal and state approvals for what would be the biggest battery in Australia, focused mostly on soaking up excess solar and helping replace nearby coal generators.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 14, 2025

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Hydrogen

Gigawatt-size Tiwi Islands solar and green hydrogen project scrapped after offtake, land issues
An ambitious plan for a giant 2.4 GW solar farm and a major green hydrogen production plant for the Tiwi Islands has been scrapped.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 10, 2025

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$Demand response is saving money, but is still a tiny fraction of the 1GW market it could and should be$

Markets

Demand response is saving money, but is still a tiny fraction of the 1GW market it could and should be
The demand response mechanism is cutting electricity costs on the rare occasions it is deployed, but it is still being allowed to offer only a fraction of its potential.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 10, 2025

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