Rachel Williamson, Author at Renew Economy

Rachel Williamson

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

Policy & Planning

Anti-wind group sues planning minister and wind project owners, threatens public servants
Victoria group takes wind project to court, says public servants are next if successful.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 9, 2026

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Wind

Rock lobsters and whales: First offshore wind project on west coast hits the EPBC queue
French energy giant seeks federal approval to start work on offshore wind projects in newly created WA zone.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 8, 2026

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Pumped Hydro

New pumped hydro project seeks approval in New England, but already faces local opposition
Proposed pumped hydro project in New England plans 300 MW of capacity and 10 hours of storage, and already has a dedicated group set up to oppose it.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 8, 2026

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Battery

Energy trader lands first big battery contract, just as competition really starts to bite
Energy trader moves from small scale installations to land its first big battery as competition makes picking the perfect dispatch window more critical than ever.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 7, 2026

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Storage

Can you run a paper mill on solar and “hot bricks”? Visy says it can – on paper, at least
A paddock of solar and an innovative converter could allow Visy to cut gas use by 40% on one site without the added cost of a new grid connection.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 4, 2026

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Renewables

Here’s how many wind and solar projects Victoria stands to lose if VNI West is dumped
Using loss factors and line congestion risk, we’ve tallied how far the damage could spread if the VNI West transmission link is cancelled, as promised by the Coalition and One Nation.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

State looks to tariff changes to help take the heat out of decarbonisation for big business
NSW is looking at tariff reform to encourage big gas users to switch to heat storage.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 2, 2026

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People

Unfilled vacancies and skills shortages: The vicious circle threatening the energy supercycle
New report finds half of energy industry employers say they can’t fill job vacancies – sometimes for months at a time – as skills shortages grow.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 2, 2026

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Battery

Turnbull turns to battery storage, with giga-scale plan for near Melbourne
The former PM – once one-eyed in his support of pumped hydro storage – is proposing to co-develop a four-hour big battery on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 1, 2026

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Renewables

Outgunned: Five fossil fuel lobbyists spent $553,000 on Meta ads in August, the renewables industry just $3,090
Fossil fuel lobbyists are flooding social media with ads, outgunning the minimal effort of the renewables industry, which is leaving the work to cash-strapped NGOs.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 1, 2026

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Renewables

Green hydrogen costs could tumble 68 pct by 2035, new study says. Experts are not so sure
Arena has published a techno-roadmap outlining the innovations and decisions that might lead to a massive reduction in green hydrogen costs.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 31, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Nine little councils that could: The gutsy regional energy pact that is facing down the anti-renewable fury
Nine north-western Victoria councils are fighting to ensure their communities get the most out the transition to renewables, with a new strategy and a push for more government funding.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 28, 2026

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