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Victoria wind and solar farms warned of curtailment
Owners and developers of new and existing wind and solar projects in Victoria warned of potential curtailment, network limits and increased marginal loss factors. Building renewables is becoming more complex.
Giles Parkinson

May 7, 2018

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Renewables

Pilbara renewables hub adds 3GW wind and solar to $20bn plan
Plans for huge renewable energy hub in Pilbara expanded to 9GW of wind and solar, producing as much as planned by Australia’s renewable energy target. Hydrogen storage has also been added to the $20 billion project menu.
Giles Parkinson

May 4, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

Sapphire wind farm turns on for ACT’s 100% renewables target
Sapphire wind farms turns on 100MW of capacity to help meet ACT 100% renewables target, with more wind and solar to come.
Giles Parkinson

May 2, 2018

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Press Releases

Scaled-back Bango wind farm approved with conditions
Bango Wind Farm Pty Ltd had originally sought permission from the NSW Department of Planning and Environment to establish up to 122 wind turbines in three clusters between Boorowa and Yass.
Independent Planning Commission

May 2, 2018

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Featured

Solar, wind farms hit as AEMO slashes output calculations
AEMO cuts estimated output from Broken Hill solar farm by 22%, and other solar farms in Queensland by to 12%, citing change in flows on the grid. The new calculations could affect the economics of many renewable projects and may be contested by developers.
Giles Parkinson

May 1, 2018

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Renewables

Macquarie signs up to co-develop Japanese floating wind farm
Macquarie unit partners with French company Ideol to develop the first major floating wind farm off Japan.
Joshua S Hill

May 1, 2018

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Press Releases

Goldwind’s Moorabool North Wind Farm set to progress towards construction
Goldwind Australia today announced it has made another step forward towards construction of the 150 megawatt (MW) Moorabool North Wind Farm (The Project), located in Victoria. Moorabool North Wind Farm project is the northern section of the 321 MW Moorabool Wind Farm.
Goldwind Australia

Apr 26, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Westpac joins growing corporate push into wind and solar
Westpac joins growing corporate push into wind and solar with a tender for 150GWh of renewable energy. It’s cleaner, and cheaper!
Giles Parkinson

Apr 26, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

New solar “firming ” contracts to boost corporate demand for big solar farms
New “solar shape” and “solar firming” contracts expected to encourage more Australian corporate buyers into large scale renewables market.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 23, 2018

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Wind

Wind farms on track to deliver $10.5bn back to host communities
Report finds up to $21.5m a year going directly to host communities through wind farm benefit sharing mechanisms; billions to broader regional economies.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 16, 2018

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