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EV leader Norway looks to the skies
By Bridie Schmidt on 21 June 2018
Norway, the world leader in electric vehicle adoption, is now looking to make Norwegian skies as green as their roads.
Category: Wind
Tasmania may double size of hydro plant, in first step of big battery plans
By Sophie Vorrath on 21 June 2018
ARENA backs feasibility study in Hydro Tasmania’s plan to double capacity of 104MW Tarraleah Hydro Scheme – a “start” for bigger “battery of the nation” plans.
Coal to be kaput in Australia by 2050, as renewables, batteries take over
By Sophie Vorrath on 19 June 2018
Australia’s coal-fired generation capacity could be little more than a twinkle in Tony Abbott’s eye by as early as 2050, when renewables are forecast to provide 92 per cent of the country’s electricity.
The fake arguments against 100% renewable energy
By Giles Parkinson on 19 June 2018
UNSW academics compare campaign against wind and solar and high renewable energy scenarios led by pro-nuclear lobbyists to efforts by the tobacco industry to sow fear and uncertainty and delay action.
A 228MW Victorian wind farm to go ahead as big business snaps up cheap green power
By Sophie Vorrath on 18 June 2018
Macquarie Capital sells two 40% stakes in Lal Lal Wind Farm, which is reported to have off-take deal with “two Australian industrials.”
Construction underway at Australia’s largest, possibly cheapest wind farm
By Sophie Vorrath on 14 June 2018
Construction underway at Goldwind’s 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, one of Australia’s biggest and cheapest wind projects.
Windlab achieves first ever environmental approval for a wind farm in Tanzania
By Windlab on 13 June 2018
Windlab has been awarded an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Certificate for the construction of the Miombo Hewani Wind Farm and Transmission line project.
Solar 2.0: PV and storage deals show signs of rapid energy transition
By Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath on 12 June 2018
China, Gupta, storage. This past week has seen landmark developments that signal the pace of the energy transition is gathering speed, with huge implications for consumers (mostly good) and incumbent utilities (mostly not so good).
Battery storage • Featured • Renewables • Solar • Wind
Victoria’s newest wind farm starts production to the grid
By Giles Parkinson on 12 June 2018
Victoria’s newest wind farm – Salt Creek – has begun exporting to the grid.
Battery of the Nation could need four new interconnectors
By Sophie Vorrath on 7 June 2018
Tasmania’s bid to become battery of nation could require as many as four new interconnectors to be installed between the island state and mainland Australia.
First-ever shipment of wind turbine blades through Port of Townsville
By Queensland Government on 7 June 2018
Massive 70 metre wind turbine blades, bound for the Kennedy Energy Park in Hughenden, were imported through Townsville port this week for the first time in history.
