Wind

Renewables

Australian-based renewables and storage major fights unwelcome bid from “serial polluter”
Australian-based renewables giant fears for its future after a company it accuses of having a poor environmental reputation launches a bid for its parent.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 18, 2024

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Wind

Breeding grounds, flight paths and climate change: Getting balance right on wind and solar approvals
Environmental approval for wind and solar farms have to consider habitat loss for precious species, but do not yet consider the biggest threat, which is climate change, or the benefits of reduced coal emissions.
Marion Rae

Sep 14, 2024

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Commentary

Wind powers a record summer for renewable energy in Britain, record low for fossil fuels
August 2024 becomes the first time fossil fuels (98.5% gas and 1.5% coal) fell to third place in the British electricity mix over an entire month.
Grant Wilson, Daniel L Donaldson & Iain Staffell

Sep 13, 2024

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Hydrogen

Wind turbine feeds directly into electrolysers in hydrogen first, paving way for off-grid production
A European hydrogen test project has successfully linked a wind turbine with two electrolysers, which could make it possible to generate off-grid green hydrogen at sea and drive down production costs.
Jennifer Collins

Sep 6, 2024

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Renewables

Australia’s two biggest wind projects inject first power into the grid
Australia’s two biggest wind projects have injected their first power into the grid, as other wind and solar farms work quickly through the commissioning process, and others stumble.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 5, 2024

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Wind

GE Vernova blames latest giant turbine blade failure on storm
GE Vernova has blamed its latest offshore blade failure on a giant 13 MW wind turbine on a combination of storm winds during the commissioning process.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 3, 2024

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Wind

Big Oil pilots use of floating wind turbine to power gas platform
TotalEnergies will deploy a floating wind turbine to help power an offshore gas platform in the North Sea, in a “decarbonisation” effort that seems to have lost something in translation.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 3, 2024

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Chart of the day

Newest wind farm tops rankings again in August, as solar stars gather in the north
New star performer out west tops the wind rankings again, while the Sunshine state profits from another sunny winter month to clean up on the solar side.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 3, 2024

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Chart of the day

“Turning point:” Share of coal in Australia’s main grid falls below 50 pct for first time
The share of coal power falls below 50 per cent average for whole week, for the first time in what industry observers are hailing as a “turning point.”
Giles Parkinson

Sep 2, 2024

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Wind

World-first 20MW offshore wind turbine installed in China
Mingyang Smart Energy completes installation of a 20MW offshore wind turbine, the world’s largest.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 2, 2024

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