Wind

Renewables

Energy Insiders Podcast: Wind, solar and social licence
Behavioural scientist John Pickering on the challenges of getting social licence for wind, solar, battery and transmission projects. Plus: What’s big coal up to?
Energy Insiders Podcast

Aug 16, 2023

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Wind

Vestas 15MW turbine breaks 24-hour wind power generation record
A new 15MW offshore wind turbine prototype built by Danish manufacturer Vestas has set a new world record for most power output generated over 24 hours.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 15, 2023

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Wind project proposes turbine shut down system to protect wedge-tailed eagles
Plans to build an up to 300MW wind farm could include the same turbine curtailment devices used at Cattle Hill to protect wedge-tailed eagles.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 14, 2023

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Offshore wind: Consultation opens on fourth development zone off Illawarra coast
Consultation opens on Australia’s fourth offshore wind energy development zone, and the second for New South Wales, off the coast of the Illawarra region.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 14, 2023

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Renewables

Companies pay almost €800m for right to build offshore wind farms in German tender
Investors have agreed to pay €784 million $A1.32 billion) for the right to build wind farms in four locations in the North Sea in Germany’s latest offshore wind tender.
Sören Amelang

Aug 13, 2023

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Global wind turbine industry is a mess, and scared of solar: But it will get better
Wind turbine industry lost sight of basic manufacturing principals such as keeping production simple, focusing on repeatability. Perhaps it was scared of solar.
David Leitch

Aug 10, 2023

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German wind industry decries “sabotage” as turbines blocked by Autobahns, told to use barges
Germany’s wind industry has accused the operator of the country’s motorways of sabotaging the roll-out of wind turbines.
Sören Amelang

Aug 10, 2023

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Hunter offshore wind zone opens to bids as Bowen urges media to focus on “the facts”
Australia’s second declared offshore wind development zone has opened to expressions of interest from proposed projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 9, 2023

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AEMO slams Murdoch media campaign that claims renewables are not low cost
AEMO says media claims that its cost assessment on renewables do not include system costs are just wrong. But the campaign against wind and solar is getting pretty crazy.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 8, 2023

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Spanish enegy giant flags 330MW wind farm plans for Victoria region with a history
Acciona unveils plans to install 58 turbines outside the towns of Evansford and Waubra – home to one of Acciona’s earliest wind projects in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 8, 2023

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Coal

NSW super-sizes first renewable zone as it races to meet coal closure deadlines
NSW to double capacity of its first renewable energy zone as it races to fill the gap to be created by coal closures, and as anti-transmission sentiment deepens.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 7, 2023

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Smart Energy

Australia gets wake up call on materials manufacturing in surge to renewables
Australia wants to lead the world in the race to renewables, but it is in the bottom half for projected growth in the capability to make complex items.
Marion Rae

Aug 6, 2023

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