Wind

Renewables

Cost of wind turbines to jump 10 per cent due to mineral prices, logistics and Covid
Wind turbines face a price hike of around 10 per cent over the coming year due to rising mineral prices, logistics and Covid problems.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 19, 2021

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Utilities

Italian energy giant plans another 1,000MW renewables in Australia, seeks retail licence
Europe’s biggest utility plans to add another 1,000MW of renewables capacity in Australia and is seeking a retail licence to focus on industrial customers.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2021

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Featured

Forrest says green hydrogen market could be worth $16 trillion by 2050
Andrew Forrest says green hydrogen market could be worth $16 trillion, and says fossil fuel hydrogen backed by Australian government is a “smokescreen”.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 18, 2021

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CEFC readies for big plunge into hydrogen after landmark battery and grid deals
CEFC looking at opportunities in green hydrogen after a year of big grid and big battery investments, and as it looks for “harder to abate” sectors.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 18, 2021

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Wind

The day wind and solar nearly met 100 per cent of demand in Victoria
How urgent is the need to prepare Australia’s grids to accommodate 100 per cent renewables? Ask Victoria.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 16, 2021

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Victorian Government

Huge wind, solar and battery storage hub unveiled for western Victoria
RES is proposing a massive wind, solar and big battery energy hub on farming land in western Victoria, once the local grid is upgraded.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 13, 2021

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Renewables

First wind farm in Saudi Arabia and largest in Middle East begins production
The first wind farm in Saudi Arabia and the largest in the Middle East begins production.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 10, 2021

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Wind and solar to get taste of freedom as new syncons join the grid
Limits on output of wind and solar to be relaxed as the first of a fleet of spinning machines called synchronous condensers join the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 8, 2021

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Featured

Offshore wind adds new option to Australia’s future grid, and Morrison’s Glasgow play
Offshore wind is emerging as a major new player in Australia’s renewable transition, and could be part of Morrison’s Glasgow offerings.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 6, 2021

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Wind

The wind farm where turbines shut down 400 times a day when eagles approach
Tasmania wind farm has been making progress on one of the industry’s most divisive issues: turbine-related bird deaths.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 6, 2021

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Wind

New Victorian buying group seeks 68GWh of wind power in virtual PPA
Geelong-based collective puts out feelers to contract 68 gigawatt-hours a year of wind power, preferably from a wind farm in the south-west of Victoria.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 4, 2021

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Multimedia

Energy Insiders Podcast: Can Australia break its wind and solar investment drought?
PowAR chief executive Geoff Dutaillis talks about big wind projects, battery storage, the ESB’s new rules and connection problems.
Energy Insiders Podcast

Aug 3, 2021

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