Wind

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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Policy & Planning

Wind project wins planning green light after promising to shut down turbines to protect eagles
Plans to install an up to 300MW wind farm on grazing and forestry land in central Tasmania are a step closer after winning council planning approval.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 30, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Coalition’s wind turbine ban lives on, as VicGrid takes first steps to map new renewable zones
A map identifying which parts of Victoria are best suited for future renewables projects shows wind farm “no go zones” introduced more than a decade ago are still in place.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 30, 2024

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New tender seeks 400 megawatts of new wind as W.A. seeks to fast track renewables with new scheme
Tender launched for 400 MW of new wind capacity, as W.A. flags higher payments for new generation and storage as it seeks to accelerate switch away from coal.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2024

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Renewables

Australians blame wind, solar for high power bills as media campaigns take hold
Misinformation campaigns are taking their toll as more Australians struggle to sort energy fact from fiction.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 29, 2024

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