Latest Renewables
The latest news on all things renewables.
New records for solar and coal underscore urgent energy challenge facing NSW
Australia’s biggest coal state continues to reach new solar heights, but a different sort of generation record shows its ongoing dependence on aging, increasingly unreliable fossil plants.
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Transgrid locks in supplier of high-voltage transmission kit for HumeLink project
Transgrid has selected the supplier of more key components of its massive HumeLink project, the 500kV transmission line being rolled out in New South Wales.
Woodside quits US concentrated solar project, puts green hydrogen plans on hold
In a decision Woodside says is “not particularly” related to America’s new fossil fuel focus, the Australian oil and gas major has marched back its US “new energy” plans.
Wind
Proposed wind farm joins tussle for spot in Victoria’s north, near new transmission line
WestWind is seeking a federal green tick for a wind farm proposed for construction in the region of a new transmissions line that will link Victoria and New South Wales.
Turbine blade break under investigation at Australia’s biggest wind farm
Investigations are underway following a turbine blade break at a huge new wind farm, with teams working to determine the cause of the incident and to how to detatch the affected blade.
Biomass
Mining giant Rio Tinto to build “green iron” facility that uses biomass to cut emissions
Rio Tinto to invest $215 million in development facility in Australia to assess a new ironmaking process using biomass called BioIron.
ACT adds new 24 MWh battery as it expands landfill gas generation
The new battery will store power from the expanded 6.2 MW gas to energy power plant for dispatch during peak periods.
Geothermal
It’s getting hot down under: Hot rock geothermal energy is making a comeback in Australia
A new wave of geothermal energy companies are emerging, and they’re using shale gas tech to make it cheaper, faster and simpler than a decade earlier.
New geothermal energy project comes online in UK, first in 37 years
Deep geothermal, the “sleeping giant of renewables,” is stirring again in the UK with the launch of the first new project to come online since 1986.
Wave
New wave energy hopeful lands government grant, says it’s cracked the cost barrier
WaveX says its wave energy device cuts out inventive technologies to be cheaper than a remote diesel generator.
