Wind

Renewables

Turbine blade breaks, falls to ground at wind farm damaged by lightning strike in 2019
A wind turbine blade has broken and fallen to the ground at a wind farm in Victoria where a similar incident was caused by a lightning strike back in 2019.
Sophie Vorrath

May 15, 2026

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Renewables

Coal state’s biggest renewable tender to focus on power delivered when the sun don’t shine
Biggest generation tender will favour technologies that can deliver power when the sun don’t shine – solar-battery hybrids and wind energy, as more storage also sought.
Giles Parkinson

May 15, 2026

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Wind

Revamped Gippsland wind project wins state approval, but still to win over some near neighbours
Gippsland wind project gains planning permit, but still has to win over neighbours who brought down the first iteration.
Rachel Williamson

May 14, 2026

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Policy & Planning

A “keep out” sign for investment: Alarm bell sounds over new retrospective tax on renewables
Industry says retrospective tax on renewables announced in budget could deter foreign investment when it’s needed most.
Sophie Vorrath

May 14, 2026

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Renewables

Developers shake funding tree for gigawatt scale projects in bid to end big wind investment drought
Deep-pocketed developers shake the tree for additional equity to advance their gigawatt-scale projects and break Australia’s investment drought in big wind.
Giles Parkinson

May 13, 2026

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Renewables

Start date for Australia’s first pumped hydro project in 40 years delayed again, wind farm may be dumped
The start date for the first pumped hydro project in four decades pushed out to 2027, as developer also says it is rethinking its already shrunken wind component.
Rachel Williamson

May 13, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“More complex and deeper than I had imagined:” Energy czar sees rise in solar project complaints
Wind projects still dominate complaints to energy czar, but solar complaints are rising and the relationship between communities and the energy industry is precarious.
Rachel Williamson

May 12, 2026

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Renewables

Danish wind giant to trial red turbine blades to further reduce risk of bird collisions
Danish wind giant to add one red blade to a handful of turbines at an offshore wind project to test whether making them more visible will reduce bird collisions.
Joshua S Hill

May 12, 2026

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Renewables

Developer of Australia’s biggest renewable projects to offer cheap power below $66/MWh for data centres
Developer of Australia’s two biggest renewable projects – totalling nearly 100 GW – says it can offer super-cheap power to data centres as a sideline to its hydrogen play.
Giles Parkinson

May 12, 2026

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Wind

Twiggy Forrest’s Squadron hits pause on New England wind plans as it works through “project issues”
Squadron Energy is reviewing another wind project, this time in New England, as part of a rethink of its major project pipeline.
Rachel Williamson

May 12, 2026

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Renewables

China completes installation of world’s largest single-rotor floating wind turbine
The 16 MW behemoth has been installed upon a semi-submersible floating platform with a new mooring system that can secure it in waters more than 50 metres deep.
Joshua S Hill

May 11, 2026

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Storage

Fund nears financial close for wind and storage projects, with Victoria Big Battery extension first to go
Listed fund hopes to press go on its first big wind and storage projects soon, with an extension to the Victoria Big Battery likely first to go.
Giles Parkinson

May 8, 2026

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