Wind

Commentary

The wind and solar regions hit hardest by network and economic curtailment
Solar farms continue to face economic and network challenges. Curtailment for wind generation last year was slightly less severe.
Dan Lee

May 2, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Coalition’s O’Brien prompts walkout at solar event after claiming renewables will lead to blackouts
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien prompts walkout at solar events after claiming Australia’s renewable energy plans lead to regular blackouts.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

May 1, 2024

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Commentary

No threat to farm land: Claims that Australia does not have room for solar and wind are not true
Australia needs 1,200 square kilometres for wind and solar. The area devoted to agriculture is about 3,500 times larger.
Andrew Blakers

Apr 30, 2024

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Renewables

Solar is now being installed faster than any technology in history
At current installation rates, solar will pass fossil gas in 2024 and coal in 2025. Technologies like nuclear would require “magical growth rates” to compete.
Andrew Blakers

Apr 29, 2024

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Coal

Keeping the lights on: Coal closures will be messy, but planning for post coal grid needs to start now
The transition away from coal will be messy, but Australians will not forgive political leaders if they muck up the post-coal era.
Richard Yan

Apr 28, 2024

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Renewables

Man dies in met-mast accident at site of massive Queensland wind project
A wind farm worker has been killed in a fall that is understood to involve the collapse of a meteorological mast installed at the site.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 26, 2024

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Renewables

Final turbine installed at biggest wind project in NSW
Final turbine installed at what will be – at least for the time being – the biggest wind project in NSW.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 26, 2024

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Renewables

Alinta lands powerful new partner for offshore wind project – and identifies a site near smelter
New Japanese renewables outfit signs on to plan to power Portland Aluminium Smelter with a 1GW-plus offshore wind farm in the Southern Ocean.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 24, 2024

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Renewables

Denmark plans massive 10GW offshore wind tender to insure against “Putin’s black gas”
Denmark announces plans for the largest offshore wind tender in the country’s history, seeking anywhere from 6GW to 10GW across six new sites.
Joshua S Hill

Apr 23, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as nuclear misinformation swings polls
Updated: Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as the push against renewables and for nuclear power gains traction in polls.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 23, 2024

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Renewables

Record wind and solar push down prices across grid, except for most coal dependent state
Record output of renewable energy pushed prices down across the main grid in the first quarter, with the exception of the most coal dependent state grid.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 23, 2024

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Wind

Wind farm gets state planning approval, months after concrete poured and first turbines erected
How do you approve a wind farm that is already being built? Enel Green Power has found a way with its Flat Rocks project in WA.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 22, 2024

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