Wind

CleanTech Bites

Solar and wind’s stunning cost advantage sparks call for mass coal closure
Stunning cost reductions in solar and wind power continue, with countries urged to replace 500GW of existing coal to deliver billions in savings.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 3, 2020

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest wind farm starts sending power to the grid
Goldwind Australia’s 530MW Stockyard Hill wind farm is sending power to the Victorian grid from the first of its 149 wind turbines.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 3, 2020

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Policy & Planning

ABC’s QandA: Old fossils versus smart advocates of clean energy transition
Two old fossils put the case for dirty, old, and incumbent technologies. Three smart women argued environmental, economic and engineering case for a clean energy transition.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 2, 2020

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Coal

Graph of the Day: Germany reaches 56% renewables for 2020
Renewable energy accounts for 56 per cent of Germany’s electricity supply in first five months of 2020.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 1, 2020

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Graph of the Day: US renewables beat coal in 2019, for first time in 134 years
America’s tumbling coal power consumption was surpassed by renewable energy in 2019, and wind power overtook hydro as the US biggest renewable power source.
Sophie Vorrath

May 29, 2020

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The regulatory fail on “system strength”, and how it nobbles wind and solar projects
Zinc refinery and solar farm owner Sun Metals pans “system strength” rules, saying they are slow, ad hoc, lack transparency, add costs and discourage investment in large scale wind and solar.
Giles Parkinson

May 29, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Wind, solar and drought drive down emissions, but Australia still lags on targets
Latest quarterly emissions update shows emissions down thanks to renewables and drought, but increases from the gas sector are hindering faster progress.
Michael Mazengarb

May 29, 2020

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Australian regulator flags new “reliability” rules for wind and solar farms
Regulator flags new “reliability” rules to affect wind and solar farms, as ESB considers tightening Australia’s reliability standard to 99.9995 per cent.
Giles Parkinson

May 28, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Sun Cable’s solar and battery mega-project may be first of many
Sun Cable says the $20 billion solar and storage project planned for the Northern Territory likely to be just the first of many.
Giles Parkinson

May 28, 2020

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Wind

Huge Uungula wind project edges closer in NSW renewable energy zone
CWP Renewables lodges development application for 400MW wind farm proposed for NSW central-west Renewable Energy Zone, hoping for construction to begin in 2021.
Sophie Vorrath

May 27, 2020

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Renewables

German company floats idea for a wave, wind, and solar “ocean” hybrid platform
German-based SINN Power ramps up its bid to offer a robust, modular, and affordable maritime structure to generate renewable energy from waves, wind and solar.
Joshua S Hill

May 27, 2020

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Renewables share overtakes gas generation for first time, as coal falls to record low in 2019
Renewables beat gas to second place in Australia’s electricity market in 2019. Coal slumps to its lowest share of generation ever, official statistics show.
Michael Mazengarb

May 27, 2020

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