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.

Renewables

Anti-renewables groups still spending big on Meta – and met with near silence by green energy industry
Fossil fuel interests spent $1.2 million on Meta ads in the last three months, a wall of money the renewables industry met with near silence.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 16, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Approval sought for another huge wind and battery hybrid as state prepares to move beyond coal
Plans for a massive wind farm with 92 turbines and an up to eight-hour battery have been lodged, adding another hybrid to the list of projects lining up to replace coal.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 16, 2026

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Wind

Wind developer signs community benefit deals worth up to $160m to end stalemate over called-in projects
UK developer and local council sign community benefit deals for two projects stuck in limbo after being “called” in by he LNP state government.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 15, 2026

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Electrification

The hidden transition: Businesses are quietly dumping gas for electric in big shift to industrial heat pumps
Slow grind of getting commercial, industrial businesses off gas is accelerating, a new report says.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 15, 2026

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Electrification

Sick kitchens: Gas exposes commercial chefs to dangerous levels of air pollution, study finds
Study compares electric and gas commercial kitchens in the US, find gas exposes chefs to dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide and heat.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 14, 2026

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Storage

Huge four-hour battery secures final approval to become one of biggest in state
The Octopus Investments battery has approval for up to 2 GWh, making it one of the biggest in the state and the third seeking to plug into former coal plant site.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 13, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“We’re building an army:” Angry anti-renewable groups take to city streets ahead of state election
A protest last week brought together a mishmash of causes but its core was opposition to energy infrastructure.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 12, 2026

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Electrification

Electrification can slash heavy industry bills and emissions – but new report says it will take a team effort
Government-subsidised power for major industries like smelters might not be needed if companies collaborated on the shift to electrification and renewables.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 12, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Governments foot the bill for oil and coal cleanups, so should they do the same for renewables?
While renewables opponents weaponise fears about who will clean up abandoned wind or solar farms, two ageing fossil fuel projects have become taxpayer problems in just the last three months.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 9, 2026

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Solar

Australian researchers set new efficiency record for perovskites, hope secret molecule can solve stability issues
UNSW groups set new perovskite efficiency record but the real secret sauce is a new way of making big modules.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 8, 2026

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Wind

Squadron shrinks size of wind farm it wants to build in epicentre of Victoria’s anti-renewable activity
Andrew Forrest-owned Squadron wants to build a massive wind farm in western Victoria and connect it to the controversial Western Renewables Link.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 8, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Solar recycling could lose its silver lining, expert tells inquiry, as case for mandatory fee stacks up
As solar module makers use fewer valuable materials to get prices down, questions arise about the impact on recycling. But industry says this is a problem that can be solved with a mandatory fee.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 7, 2026

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