Wind

Wind

Progress as 800MW Clarke Creek wind farm nears construction in Queensland
Construction imminent for Lacour Energy’s 800MW Clarke Creek wind farm in central Queensland, with inaugural community consultative committee meeting held last week.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 20, 2020

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Markets

Know your NEM: Rooftop solar catches wind in slow, but low priced start to 2020
Rooftop solar nearly caught wind energy at start of 2020, as low futures prices mark debut of the New Year.
David Leitch

Jan 20, 2020

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Markets

Federation makes big offer to acquire wind farm developer Windlab
Federation Asset Management makes bid to acquire all remaining shares in Windlab, which has experienced delays in two of its key renewable energy projects,
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 20, 2020

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AEMO to meet wind and solar industry over NSW, Victoria grid blockages
AEMO convenes meeting with wind and solar project developers frustrated by constraints and connection delays in western Victoria and NSW.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 17, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Australia wind and solar investment plunges as Coalition turns blind eye to transition
Investment in large scale renewables in Australia slumped 60% in 2019 as Coalition turned a blind eye to needs of the clean energy transition.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 17, 2020

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Ready-to-roll wind and solar projects frustrated by delays in Victoria, NSW
Wind and solar developers to meet to discuss response to AEMO’s ruling that new projects will be commissioned “one at a time”, causing lengthy delays.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 16, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Investors slam hard-line stance by rule-maker that could stop wind and solar projects
Group of 25 wind and solar investors slam AEMC for its position on marginal loss factors, saying it has produced no detailed modelling and its decision could halt new projects.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 16, 2020

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Policy & Planning

The world is planning next step for renewables, while Australia looks backwards
It is an avoidable tragedy that the only presence Australia had at the world congress on renewables was as a harbinger of the planet’s worst case scenarios.
Ketan Joshi

Jan 16, 2020

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South Australia’s biggest wind solar hybrid project gets financial green light
320MW hybrid wind and solar project near Port Augusta in South Australia will begin construction in June after its new owner Iberdrola gives final approval.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 15, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Victoria solar farms face tighter constraints, new projects may be blocked from grid
Solar farms warned of tighter constraints in Victoria, as more projects face delays and others may be blocked from grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 15, 2020

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Federal government seeks powers to regulate Australia’s offshore wind farms
Environment department launches consultation on proposed regulatory regime for offshore wind farms in Australian waters.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 14, 2020

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Renewables

Cattle Hill wind farm begins production in Tasmania
Cattle Hill sends first regular output into the grid in Tasmania, adding a third producing wind farm to the island state’s grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 14, 2020

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