Wind

Wind

“Harder than ever” to build new wind farms in Australia, industry warns
Wind industry leaders say that despite hot investor appetite and lots of opportunity, developers are in “excruciating pain” trying to get projects online.
Sophie Vorrath

May 18, 2021

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Renewables

Australia’s wind and solar farms seek to dodge negative prices and grid costs
The days of a ‘set and forget’ bidding strategy are long gone in Australia in a rapidly changing market with more wind and solar.
Matt Grover

May 18, 2021

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Renewables

Vestas unveils new technology to recycle wind blades and stop dumping
New “game-changing” technology could be the final technological step towards a fully recyclable wind turbine.
Joshua S Hill

May 18, 2021

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Renewables

Australia’s best performing wind farms in 2020 on spot prices
Which wind farms performed the best on spot prices, and revenue per megawatt of capacity in Australia’s main grid.
Marcelle Gannon

May 18, 2021

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Wind

Hawkesdale wind farm heads to court as locals vow to fight “this monster”
GPG’s 97MW Victorian wind farm to be challenged in Supreme Court by locals hoping to have the planning permit revoked, just as construction is about to begin.
Sophie Vorrath

May 17, 2021

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Featured

Western Australia eyes massive 100GW of wind and solar for green hydrogen by 2030
Western Australia government is eyeing up to 100GW of new wind and solar to drive green hydrogen by 2030, and double that amount by 2040.
Giles Parkinson

May 17, 2021

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Storage

Powercor proposes 20 big batteries for Victoria renewable energy zones
Victoria network proposes 20 big batteries and multiple syncons it says will fast-track new wind and solar and lessen need for new transmission lines.
Giles Parkinson

May 17, 2021

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“I don’t get it:” Why an old wind farm is unable to add a new big battery
Tilt Renewables says it wanted to be a trailblazer, but found that rules make it too difficult to add battery storage to an existing wind farm.
Giles Parkinson

May 13, 2021

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Wind

Low wind, low prices and connection delays crimp Tilt profits
Tilt suffers from low wind conditions and low prices, and is still battling to get its biggest wind farm to operate at full capacity.
Giles Parkinson

May 13, 2021

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Renewables

Unique double-headed floating wind farm planned for Norway
First demonstration plant of Hexicon’s unique double-headed offshore wind technology to be installed in Norway.
Joshua S Hill

May 13, 2021

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Wind

Biden approves first major offshore wind farm in US
Approval of 800MW Vineyard Wind is first step in Biden Administration’s goal of 30GW of installed capacity of offshore wind power by 2030.
Ketan Joshi

May 13, 2021

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Australia officially met renewable target in January, despite big project delays
Clean Energy Regulator officially declares that the RET is met, as new wind and solar delivered more than 33,000GWh in the 12 months to late January.
Giles Parkinson

May 12, 2021

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