Wind

Storage

“Coal is thing of the past”: Neoen starts on Victoria’s first wind and battery park
Victoria energy minister officially launches construction of first crop farm in the world to be wholly powered by renewable energy – a wind farm and a Tesla battery.
Giles Parkinson

May 16, 2018

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Commentary

ARENA offers $7m for more solar and wind farm FCAS trials
ARENA provides $7m to encourage more wind, solar and battery parks to provide grid services such as frequency and voltage.
Giles Parkinson

May 16, 2018

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Featured

Trimmed CEFC budget signals end of renewables boom
Modest CEFC budget drawdown – after a stellar 2017/18 – is yet another sign that the investment boom in large scale wind and solar is coming to an end.
Giles Parkinson

May 10, 2018

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Storage

Infigen looks to add big battery to Lake Bonney wind farm
Infigen cites success of Tesla big battery in proposal for 25MW/52MWh battery addition to its Lake Bonney wind farm.
Giles Parkinson

May 10, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Zibelman on changing energy market: “Get used to it”
Zibelman says critics need to get used to the fact that the energy market is changing, and it was underscored by AGL that said coal “is well and truly beaten out” by wind and solar.
Sophie Vorrath

May 9, 2018

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Storage

The remarkable assumptions that will shape Australia’s future grid
AEMO’s modelling of the future grid influenced by more dramatic falls in solar and battery storage costs, big uptake of rooftop solar, electric vehicles, batteries and virtual power plants – and a question-mark over coal.
Giles Parkinson

May 8, 2018

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Featured

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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