Wind

Renewables

Huge landowner-led wind project seeks green tick, despite looming threat to transmission link
A landowner-led wind farm is seeking state and federal environmental approvals, but could struggle to proceed if a hotly contested transmission line doesn’t go ahead.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 22, 2026

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Renewables

“Like spinning 42 plates in the air at the same time:” How this impossible project broke Australia’s wind drought
The biggest wind project to begin construction in Australia this past year faced multiple hurdles. And perhaps the most difficult of all is the cost of capital.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 22, 2026

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Renewables

Global wind giant expects lower costs from new turbine equipped with extra-long blades
Powerful new wind turbine adds longer blades to reduce costs and boost output, and comes at critical time for the struggling Australian wind industry.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 22, 2026

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Renewables

Rare wind, solar and battery hybrid seeks environmental approvals in new renewables hotspot
New wind, solar and battery hybrid project seeks environmental approval near a wheatbelt town emerging as the latest hotspot for renewable energy projects.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 22, 2026

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Renewables

Huge hybrid wind project gets final green tick, but must use tall turbines to avoid black cockatoos
EPBC waves through 2 GW wind, solar and battery project proposed for Australia’s biggest isolated grid, with list of conditions to protect endangered black cockatoos and native flora.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 21, 2026

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Chart of the day

Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time – despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
Updated: Renewables met more than 80 per cent of total grid demand for first time over a weekend that also saw record levels of rooftop PV and new demand lows.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 19, 2026

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Renewables

Wind and solar hit record share of Australia’s main grid, nearly half of it from rooftop PV
An abundance of rooftop solar generation has helped set a new record high for the total share of renewables on Australia’s main grid, reaching nearly 80 per cent on a sunny Friday afternoon in Spring.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 18, 2026

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Renewables

“We don’t simply see turbines:” Grazier says hosting wind farms eases pressure on land and helps prepare for drought
Farmer tells review forced by long distance objectors that hosting wind turbines enables him to better manage land, and prepare for the “will of the climate.”
Giles Parkinson

Sep 18, 2026

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Renewables

Enough wind and solar in pipeline, but not enough actually being built to meet 2030 target, scorecard finds
Australia will miss its 2030 climate targets unless more renewable energy projects move beyond the planning phase and start getting built.
AAP & Staff Reporter

Sep 16, 2026

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Renewables

World’s tallest wind turbine faces key construction test with 300-metre nacelle and blade lift
The tallest wind turbine in the world, reaching 365 metres at its tip, is about face a critical construction test with the nacelle and blades to be lifted beyond the reach of cranes.
Sören Amelang

Sep 15, 2026

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Renewables

CIS-winning wind project gains federal green tick, seeks power purchase deal for 2027 construction start
A wind project in Queensland that was named a winner of recent CIS tender has gained federal environmental approvals, and is now seeking PPA.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 15, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Renewable energy czar proposes national standard to quell farmer insurance fears
National standard – drawn from pioneering work at country’s biggest wind farm – to address farmer concerns about public liability for hosting renewable projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 15, 2026

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