Wind

Wind

UK’s largest solar farm – 500MW – to be combined with battery storage
Plans have been submitted for environmental approval to build what would be the UK’s largest solar PV site, with plans for battery storage too.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 27, 2019

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Coal

More stunning falls in solar and battery storage costs put fossil fuels on notice
BNEF says stunning cost falls mean clean technologies are beating coal and threatening to steal the grid balancing role from gas-fired plant operators.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 27, 2019

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Wind

Court rejects bid to block South Australia wind and ‘biggest’ battery project
Legal bid to block 180MW Twin Creek wind farm, with provisions for an energy storage facility more than twice the size of the Tesla big battery, has been rejected.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 25, 2019

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Wind generation hits peak output of more than 4,000MW in Australia
Australia’s wind output reaches a record peak of more than 4,000MW.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 25, 2019

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Renewables

Telstra flags plans to underwrite 300MW of new solar, wind
Telstra is preparing to tender for another 300MW of new solar, wind – this time in the NSW market – to further cut its exposure to volatile grid prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 21, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Australia has enough solar, wind storage in pipeline to go 100% renewables
New data suggests the pipeline of wind, solar and storage projects in Australia is nearing 100GW – possibly enough for the country to go 100% renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2019

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Renewables

Sun Metals eyes wind, battery storage in shift to “most competitive electricity”
Sun Metals CEO says company looking to expand portfolio of renewable generation assets to further reduce its exposure to volatile grid electricity prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2019

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Wind

Wind power generated more than one third of British electricity last week
Wind energy in Great Britain last week generated over a third of the country’s electricity, more than any other power source.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 19, 2019

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Renewables

Germany renewables share jumped to to 72.4% last week
After reaching 65% renewables earlier this month, Germany soared past that to 72.4 per cent last week, with wind power accounting for most of it.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 19, 2019

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Renewables

Wind and solar farms to forecast their own output, in ARENA-backed pilot
ARENA funds AEMO-backed pilot to test potential for wind and solar farms to provide their own forecasts of generation output, and boost accuracy of market operations.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Wind, solar farms to be blacked out for up to 100 days due to grid upgrade
Wind and solar farms warned their output could be cut to zero for up to 100 days over next year due to grid upgrades.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 13, 2019

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Wind

Queensland approves new 240MW wind farm for Western Downs region
A $450m wind project by UK-based developer RES Group has won Queensland state planning approval and may add solar.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 13, 2019

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