Wind

Renewables

Tale of two Barnabys: One funding regions through wind power, the other screaming into the wind
In one part of NSW a medical centre has received $5 million from the developers of a major wind farm, while in the north locals are getting an earful from a well known opponent.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 14, 2025

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Chart of the day

Wind and battery output records smashed as new projects close in on key milestones
Wind and batteries set new records on Australia’s main grid as a host of new projects send the two technologies towards two important milestones.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 14, 2025

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Wind

Wind turbine blade gets stuck between homes in small town on way to project site
Wind turbine blade on way to construction project gets stuck between two homes in a small town, again highlighting the transport difficulties for the giant components.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 14, 2025

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Renewables

Wind farm bird protection continues to cut eagle deaths with barely a dent in revenue
Technology being used at two Tasmanian wind farms has drastically reduced wedge-tail eagle fatalities while cutting output by only around 1 per cent.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 10, 2025

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Renewables

Faster, cheaper, cleaner: Offshore wind farm tests all-electric, hydrofoil crew transfer vessel
A team in the UK has successfully tested an all-electric, hydrofoil crew transfer boat, finding it is faster, cleaner and twice as efficient as the diesel alternatives.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 10, 2025

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Wind

Goldwind proposes giant wind and battery project on coast north of Perth, in military air training area
Proposed wind farm and battery is already a focus of conservative opponents, even before the first wind measuring mast is erected.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 9, 2025

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Renewables

Golden Plains becomes biggest operating wind farm in Australia, pushes state to new record
The $4 billion Golden Plains wind project in Victoria is now officially the biggest operating wind farm in Australia, and helping the state set new wind output records.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 9, 2025

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Wind

Offshore wind turbines near impossible to see in visualisations for Gippsland zone
Victoria has issued new visualisations of what offshore wind turbines in its Gippsland offshore wind zone might look like to the naked eye, and there isn’t much to see.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 8, 2025

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Commentary

The CIS dash to 23 gigawatts of wind and solar by 2030
The first projects contracted under the CIS auction are starting to move. Just another 23 GW to go.
David Leitch

Jul 8, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Shorter turbines, smaller battery, new route for giant blades mulled for wind and storage project
A wind and battery project in NSW is flagging shorter turbines, a smaller battery and a new route to transport its giant blades.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 8, 2025

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Wind

Australia may need twice as many big batteries to make up for lost wind
If Australia is to meet its 2030 renewable target it may need at least twice as much battery storage to make up for the shortfall in wind developments, and to back up solar.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 8, 2025

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Wind

How high do seabirds fly? We don’t know, but offshore wind developers need to find out
A new study has found how fast some of the most iconic seabirds of the southern hemisphere fly but not how high, leaving a data gap for offshore wind developers.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 7, 2025

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