Wind

CleanTech Bites

Vestas buys into 4GW Walcha wind, solar and storage hub in NSW
Vestas buys majority stake in 700MW wind project, which forms an important part of the largest wind, solar and storage hub planned for Australia’s main grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 23, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Miners see 50% renewables as standard, but are aiming for 100%
Miners turn corner on renewables, with minimum 50% wind and solar considered the norm, and looking to use cheap renewables to build industries rather than just export ore.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 21, 2019

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Berrybank wind farm begins construction with turbines made locally in old car factory
The 180MW Berrybank wind farm will use turbines constructed in a former car factory in Geelong.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 21, 2019

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Renewables

BHP energy tender could deliver “game changing” shift to renewables
BHP puts its Chile and Australian electricity contracts out to tender, and expects renewables to feature strongly in “game-changing” shift.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 21, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Deep dive into the ACT’s 100% renewable energy target
Contracted wind and solar generated 98% of ACT’s net demand over past year, and 78% of ACT’s electricity could theoretically have been supplied directly from wind and solar without storage.
David Osmond

Jun 20, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest manganese metals project may go 90% renewables
Renewables could power up to 90% of major new manganese project, and show how cheap wind and solar can help Australia compete in refining and value-added products.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2019

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Coober Pedy powered by 100 per cent renewables – most of the time
Coober Pedy hybrid grid operating at world leading 70% share of renewables, and at 100% wind and solar for more than half the time.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2019

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Wind

Refurbished wind turbines to help power W.A. garnet mine
ARENA backs ground-breaking fringe-of-grid project using 2.5MW of second-hand wind turbines, with 1MW solar and 2MW/0.5MWh lithium-ion battery.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2019

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Renewables

Wind, solar and battery microgrid at W.A. gold mine an “Australian first”
A remote Western Australia gold mine has won $13.5m in ARENA funding to add 18MW of wind power to a 23MW solar, battery and gas microgrid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2019

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Renewables

Solar, wind and batteries to deliver 50% of global power by 2050
New projections from BNEF show that significant cost cuts to wind, solar, and battery storage, will help push the share of renewables in the global grid to nearly 50% by 2050.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 19, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Cheap wind and solar and “people-powered” revolution to kick out coal
Bloomberg NEF says people-powered revolution in rooftop solar and battery storage, along with low cost wind and solar farms, will drive coal out of Australia’s grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 19, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

South Australia’s stunning aim to be “net” 100 per cent renewables by 2030
South Australia Liberal government says it expects state will be “net” 100 per cent renewables by 2030, heralding the most dramatic shift towards wind and solar and storage technologies of any major grid in the world.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 17, 2019

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