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.

Solar

Asia oil giant snaps up big Australian solar portfolio at top of the market
Asia oil giant buys into Australian solar market in deal that gives it a large operating portfolio and a bigger pipeline of projects.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 6, 2023

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Battery

NSW network joins rush to batteries to soak up solar, save on poles and wires
Essential Energy teams with AGL to install a 2MWh battery in the rooftop solar-heavy Port Macquarie region.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 6, 2023

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Solar

Energy retailer signs deal to take quarter of output from biggest solar farm in NSW
Energy retailer specialising in business market signs long term deal to take one quarter of the output of Darlington Point solar farm.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 1, 2023

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Solar

One of Australia’s oldest and most richly rewarded solar farms sold after debt dispute
One of Australia’s first solar farms – and one of the most richly rewarded – has been sold by administrators.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 1, 2023

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Solar

Solar farms put cow comfort and crop yield ahead of harvesting electrons
Spanish energy giant to build four small “agri-solar” farm projects that prioritise benefits to crops and and livestock over solar production.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 31, 2023

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Storage

Location, location: Battery storage projects jostle for position to back up wind and solar
The competition among battery storage projects for connection points in intense, with many proposing batteries right next door to rival projects.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 30, 2023

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Renewables

Skills survey seeks to bridge Australia’s clean energy jobs gap
New national survey hopes to get a measure on Australia’s clean energy labour and skills shortages.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 30, 2023

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Battery

Another two big battery projects jostle for position and contracts in Hunter Valley
RES has begun dipping its toes into the battery market, and has added another storage project to the growing pipeline in the Hunter Valley.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 25, 2023

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Solar

German start-up plans “Apple-like” solar stores as it snaps up Australian solar companies
The European supergroup expects deals to come thick and fast in 2023 to turn it into the biggest solar company in Australia by revenue.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 23, 2023

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Smart Energy

SolarEdge software first to get approval for rooftop solar flexible export plan
Built-in inverter software also offers a new – modern – option for states looking for a backstop system to handle high levels of residential solar exports.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 23, 2023

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Snowy 2.0 confirmed as failed contractor’s biggest creditor, hundreds wait for funds
The collapsed engineering firm owes $248 million to creditors but asset sales already underway are not coming close to meeting that figure.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 23, 2023

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Coal

Australian coal exporters reap tens of billions of dollars in super profits from Russia’s war
New report reveals Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered Australia’s coal exporters windfall profits of up to $45 billion, with gas exporters reaping almost as much.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 15, 2022

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