Wind

Renewables

China’s Goldwind files EIS for massive wind and battery project featuring biggest turbines to date
Goldwind and local partner to file EIS for massive wind and battery project that will feature turbine bigger than any installed in Australia to date.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 12, 2024

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Wind

Victorian government outlines coal to offshore wind pathways for Gippsland
State government works with coal fired power station owner on opportunities for workers to transition to offshore wind sector.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 9, 2024

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Wind

Tasmania fast tracks Bell Bay wind project as it heads for federal review
Bell Bay wind farm wins state approval and will now go through the federal process, with impacts to be assessed on eagles and other species.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 7, 2024

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Renewables

First stage of what will be Australia’s biggest wind project gets ready to inject power into grid
The first stage of what will be the country’s biggest wind farm when completed enters grid management system, a lot faster than its “biggest” rival.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 7, 2024

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Wind

China will use wind farm cameras to spy on people, cows and crops, say opponents in new conspiracy theory
China will apparently use cameras mounted at wind farms to spy on Australian people, cows and crops, according to one group of opponents.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 7, 2024

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Wind

New wind farm tops charts for best performance in July, Queensland slam-dunks solar
One of Australia’s newest wind farms has topped the ranks for best performing wind assets in July, with a capacity factor of 55.2 per cent.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 6, 2024

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Wind

State planning approval given to Australia’s biggest government owned wind project
The wind project still needs to get through the EPBC process. Developer RES Australia hopes to start construction next year.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 5, 2024

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Wind

One of Australia’s biggest and worst performing wind farms back on line after near two month outage
What was once Australia’s biggest wind farm is back on line after a transformer was repaired, but its overall performance has been poor.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 2, 2024

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Coal

“Pivotal moment:” Wind and solar overtake coal in China in historic first
Total capacity of wind and solar in China has overtaken coal for the first time, and solar alone is predicted to overtake coal within two years.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 2, 2024

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Wind

Sluggish, slow and anaemic: BloombergNEF’s sad take on Australia’s green energy transition
BloombergNEF says most aspects of Australia’s green energy transition are happening too slow, and it has mixed forecasts on storage, solar and wind.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2024

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Commentary

A deep dive into wind economics, and why nine landowners said no to $50 million in hosting fees
Why wind energy costs have not fallen further, why New England farmers said no to millions, and the crippling cost of connections and grid congestion.
David Leitch

Aug 1, 2024

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Renewables

“The gig is up:” Joyce celebrates as wind project shelved and new route to New England zone unveiled
Barnaby Joyce reckons the “gig is up” for “intermittents” as he hoorays a cancelled project and EnergyCo rolls out scoping report for New England REZ.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 31, 2024

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