Wind

Chart of the day

Wind, solar and batteries smash output records in midst of pre-Christmas heatwave
Near-record demand creates important window into how much renewable capacity is available across the system when load is high.
Geoff Eldridge

Dec 19, 2025

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Renewables

Australian offshore wind trailblazer pulls up stumps, warns against “overstated risk aversion and timidity”
Australian offshore wind start-up that blazed a trail for the nascent technology will wind up its operations in 2026. Warns Australia needs to “up its game.”
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 19, 2025

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Renewables

Renewable certificate prices “drop like a stone” and are headed even lower as corporate demand dries up
Renewable energy certificate prices – the currency that has underpinned wind and solar in Australia – have plunged to record lows and could halve again.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 18, 2025

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Renewables

Second wind farm in two days reaches financial close, first on main grid for 2025
Wind finance drought turns into a minor flood, with the second wind project reaching financial close in two days, and the first on Australia’s main grid in 2025.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 18, 2025

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Offshore wind hopefuls launch weather and marine surveys as they await news of delayed auction
Victoria’s offshore wind proponents are ramping up activities, as they await news of the delayed auction, and the proposed port facilities making progress on approvals.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 18, 2025

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Renewables

Replacement turbine blades on the way as huge wind farm held at half-way point of commissioning
The massive MacIntyre wind project is waiting for new turbine blades and wind parts as it continues its slow progress through commissioning.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 17, 2025

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Renewables

Cost of wind and batteries fall, coal and gas rise as CSIRO finds new way to show renewables are cheapest
New GenCost report produces new modelling to deliver the same message: firmed renewables are lowest cost as coal and gas get more expensive and harder to build.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 17, 2025

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Renewables

“The investment drought is breaking:” CEO hails first Australia wind project to reach financial close in 2025
Australia’s year long wind investment drought broken as Tilt reaches financial close on a 108 MW wind project.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2025

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Star of the South hits major planning milestone, buys land for cables as it files “most comprehensive” EIS
Star of the South has become a Gippsland landowner as it makes space for underground cables to come ashore, and has also filed its EIS.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 16, 2025

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From Rhombus of Regret to on-time commissioning: Australia’s biggest wind farm finds blueprint for grid success
Australia’s biggest wind farm has been commissioned on time, and may have found a blueprint for others to follow.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2025

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Chart of the day

Wanted, more batteries as abundant wind and solar hit record curtailment levels
Abundance defines the day as wind and solar curtailment hits new peaks, accounting for more than 90 per cent of one state’s demand. More batteries then.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2025

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Renewables

Offshore wind plans given major project status as sector hits “critical inflection point”
Major offshore wind project wins Major Project Status, in a show of commitment from the federal government just one week after another project was snuffed out.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 12, 2025

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