Wind

Victoria counts on $30 billion of offshore wind, not much solar, to replace coal
Victoria assumes more than half of the investment in its 95 per cent renewables target will be in offshore wind, with little in utility scale solar.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 21, 2022

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Vena Energy confirms plan for 2GW offshore wind farm in Victoria
Vena Energy confirms it plans a 2GW offshore wind farm in Victoria’s Gippsland region with turbines up to 21MW each.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 20, 2022

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Equis returns to Australia with huge wind portfolio and five big battery projects
Equis returns to Australia with a portfolio of 800MW of wind projects in Tasmania and a handful of bigger battery projects in four other states.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 20, 2022

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Renewables

“An ecological and economic disaster:” Green group slams Marinus Link deal
News that Marinus Link is being supported by the federal government’s Rewiring Australia program has been broadly welcomed. But not everyone sees it as a win.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 19, 2022

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Renewables

Massive 20MW turbines proposed for world’s first subsidy-free floating wind farm
Thirty 20MW wind turbines to feature in what is being hailed as the world’s first subsidy free floating offshore wind project.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 18, 2022

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Global floating offshore wind pipeline doubles to 185GW
New report shows the total pipeline of floating offshore wind projects, globally, has more than doubled in the past 12 months, including a decent contribution from Australia.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 13, 2022

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Hunter offshore wind project expands as coal closure dates move forward
Energy Estate and BlueFloat Energy up the capacity of the proposed Hunter Coast offshore wind farm as NSW coal plant retirement dates move forward.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 12, 2022

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Prototype wind turbine sets new world record for power output
A new world record for the most power a single wind turbine has produced over a 24-hour period has been set by wind giant Siemens Gamesa.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 11, 2022

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Solar

Solar powers up at Australia’s biggest hybrid renewables park
The solar component of Australia’s largest wind and solar hybrid plant – to date – has started generating small amounts power.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 11, 2022

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Scientists develop “wind harvester” to generate power from a light breeze
Scientists from Singapore have developed a low-cost “wind harvester” that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 11, 2022

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Renewables

Energy crisis looms large in election in Germany’s biggest wind power state
The ballot in the state that hosts most of Germany’s wind power capacity is seen as a mood barometer for the national government’s energy crisis response.
Benjamin Wehrmann

Oct 10, 2022

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Climate policies to push global wind capacity past 2TW over coming decade
A spate of positive climate policies around the globe is expected to drive big growth in the wind energy sector, according to analysts Wood Mackenzie.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 6, 2022

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