Wind

Biggest wind and solar investors fear connection risk and market rule changes
Thirty of the biggest debt and equity investors in Australia’s wind and solar industry cite growing risks around grid connections and changes to market rules as biggest threats.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 30, 2020

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Renewables

Rapid fall to parity predicted for Australian renewable hydrogen costs
ANU study says cheaper solar and wind, combined with falling costs for electrolysers, will mean green hydrogen will soon beat fossil fuel alternatives.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 28, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

New wind and solar improving grid reliability and lowering costs, AEMO says
AEMO says all states expected to be within new reliability standard this summer thanks to new wind and solar capacity, but catastrophic events still a risk.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 27, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Taylor puts brakes on clean energy transition by keeping everyone in the dark
Two years after his appointment, energy minister Angus Taylor is holding up the clean energy transition by keeping everyone in the dark.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 26, 2020

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Renewables

Aldi Australia says it will be 100 per cent renewable by end of 2021
Aldi pledges to source 100% renewable electricity for its Australian operations by as early as 2021, after rolling out almost 32MW of solar and signing two wind offtake deals.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 26, 2020

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Renewables

Vestas lands contract to supply UK’s largest onshore wind farm in Shetlands
Vestas signs up to supply turbines for massive Shetland Islands Viking wind farm – the UK’s largest and most productive onshore wind project, to date.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 25, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Massive Clarke Creek wind farm inks deal with Queensland coal generator
Queensland’s largest electricity generator, Stanwell Corporation, signs deal for the 450MW first stage of the Clarke Creek wind farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 25, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Regulator backs away from big changes to how wind and solar bid into market
Regulator proposes compromise with wind and solar farms on mechanism to avoid sudden withdrawals of capacity during negative pricing events.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

AEMO to call in more reserves after dramatic tightening of reliability standard
Dramatically tighter reliability standard will allow AEMO to call in more reserves and media to write even bigger blackout threat headlines.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 24, 2020

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Renewables

Researchers find black and white solution to wind turbine bird deaths
Norwegian research team finds painting one of three blades of a wind turbine black reduces collision-related bird deaths by 70 per cent.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 21, 2020

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Wind and solar output surge to new record high in main grid
Wind and solar smash output records in the National Electricity Market, combining to hit 11.8GW for the first time.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 21, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Delays and cutbacks take heavy toll on Australia’s wind and solar farms
New estimates put lost output of wind and solar from connection delays, commissioning problems and grid constraints in 2020 at 5.5 terawatt hours.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2020

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