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

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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CleanTech Bites

“Manhattan Project of our time:” Did Trump just appoint Musk to drop a bomb on US economy?
For almost everyone but Tesla shareholders, the appointment of the world’s richest man to “dismantle government bureaucracy” and regulation may not end so well.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 13, 2024

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Policy & Planning

UK sets “shining example” for 2035 targets as COP29 gathers pace. Will Australia match its ambition?
UK PM lays down the gauntlet on climate action to Australia and the rest of the developed world, committing to an interim emissions reduction target of at least 81% on 1990 levels by 2035.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 13, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Regulator agrees to “smooth” cost of gas network death spiral as electrification reality dawns
Households can expect to start paying more for their annual gas bills, as authorities move to “smooth” out the cost of the gas network death spiral being wrought by the electrification of everything.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Big win for wind industry as planning changes tighten rules on “phantom dwellings”
NSW has closed a controversial planning loophole that allowed “vexatious neighbours” to block new wind farms, in welcome updates to the state’s Renewable Energy Planning Framework.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2024

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Renewables

“Terrific news:” Battery boom and rebound in wind projects put renewables target back on track
A doubling in battery storage projects and a rebound in wind energy puts Australia back on track to meet its renewable energy target – if it can be sustained.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 11, 2024

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