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Sophie Vorrath
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.
Markets
Coal unit trips in heatwave as Tesla big battery cashes in
Thursday’s sudden outage of Victoria’s Loy Yang B unit marked the 13th failure of a major coal unit this summer – and offered just the latest illustration of the vulnerability of Australia’s ageing and increasingly intermittent coal fleet.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 19, 2018
110
Markets
Frydenberg slapped down on Twitter after ignoring coal failure
Federal energy minister gets social media slap-down after ignoring coal plant failure in Tweet about Thursday’s power price spike.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 19, 2018
65
Renewables
Queensland could host Australia’s largest wind farm, in proposed renewables hub
Australian renewables outfit Lacour wants to build a wind farm of potentially 800MW in Queensland, and at least 200MW of solar.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 18, 2018
14
Solar
Solar installs through the roof, as Australians deliver record growth
SunWiz data – and eye-watering charts – reveal 2017 was a “magnificent record setting year” for solar installs, with 50% more rooftop PV capacity added across the country than in 2016, and some astonishing growth in the commercial solar sector.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 18, 2018
64
Renewables
Australian wind, solar investment hits record high as NEG threatens to push it off a cliff
The race to meet Australia’s large-scale renewable energy target has helped drive record investment in 2017, says BNEF. But the RET’s fulfilment could also see investment go off a cliff, with only the Coalition’s proposed National Energy Guarantee to cushion the fall.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 17, 2018
13
Solar
Big solar boom kicks off in SA with completion of 6MW Whyalla project
South Australia’s first completed utility-scale PV project officially opens next week, marking the start of a big solar construction boom in the state.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 17, 2018
26
Solar
SA Water to install 6MW of solar PV in quest to cut power costs – to zero
SA water utility to install 6MW of rooftop PV in effort to cut annual electricity costs from around $55m to $0 by 2020.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 17, 2018
28
Malcolm Turnbull
Three years after Tesla visit, Turnbull may finally act on EVs
Energy minister Josh Frydenberg has declared Australia’s electric vehicle revolution to be “nigh.” But can the Coalition back its proselytising with policies? Or will EVs go the way of renewable energy in the party room?
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 16, 2018
115
Renewables
Victorian manufacturer taps cheap renewables in PPA with Flow Power
Corporate energy retailer Flow Power inks 10-year PPA to supply Melbourne-based manufacturer with electricity sourced from Victoria’s Ararat wind farm.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 16, 2018
7
Solar
Maoneng inks major solar PPA with UNSW, via Origin
China-Australia renewables developer Maoneng to sell output of 200MW Sunraysia Solar Farm to UNSW, in landmark “tripartite” deal backed by Origin.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 15, 2018
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