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Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. She is the co-host of the Solar Insiders Podcast. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

Policy & Planning

Victoria dials back plans for offshore wind port, in fresh bid for federal green tick
Plans to develop critical offshore wind port infrastructure in Victoria’s Western Port Bay are being pared back in a fresh bid to win a green tick from the federal government.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 21, 2024

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Renewables

Iberdrola raises $750m in green bond to drive Australia renewables and green hydrogen
Spanish energy giant says it received “strong interest” in green bonds issued to help underwrite the expansion of its renewables portfolio in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 20, 2024

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Renewables

“Quiet revolution:” Wind and solar slash electricity emissions by 40 pct in just 10 years
Renewables growth from 2015-2025 is on track to cut Australia’s electricity sector emissions by nearly 40% in a decade, equivalent to emissions from all the nation’s cars, commercial vehicles and planes.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 20, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Do we really need a rooftop solar button – and are households treated fairly with PV, batteries and EVs?
New study will gather real life data on how rooftop solar and other consumer energy assets are being integrated into the grid – what’s working and what isn’t.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2024

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Renewables

Shipload of turbine blades arrives at WA port, to help power remote gold mine
A shipload of wind turbine blades is on its way the site of a remote gold mine in Western Australia to help power it alongside a 528 5B Maverick solar arrays.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election
Latest Superpower Institute report outlines a near trillion-dollar green export opportunity, but it needs ambition and it is not clear Albanese will provide it.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 18, 2024

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Renewables

WestWind goes big again, with plans for 1.5GW wind farm and 2,400 MWh battery in NSW
The originator of the largest onshore wind farm currently underway in Australia has unveiled new plans to build a 1.5 GW project with a massive, four-hour battery in NSW.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 15, 2024

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Solar farm and four-hour big battery get green light in NSW, after seven years in the pipeline
Plans to build a 250MW solar farm and four-hour 150 MW battery energy storage system in NSW have been given state approval.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 15, 2024

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Solar

Whitehaven seeks to power one of Australia’s dirtiest coal mines with solar and battery storage
One of Australia’s dirtiest thermal coal mines, recently approved for a major expansion, is now seeking permission to build solar and battery storage to help power its operations.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 14, 2024

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Policy & Planning

NSW signs off on contested HumeLink transmission link, with “strict conditions”
Transgrid’s massive HumeLink transmission line has been cleared for development by the NSW government, leaving just federal approval in the way of it going ahead.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 14, 2024

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