Wind

Battery

Fluence to install big battery at Lincoln Gap wind farm in South Australia
Nexif Energy inks deal with Fluence to install a 10MW/10MWh battery storage system at its 212MW Lincoln Gap Wind Farm near Port Augusta.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 9, 2018

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Wind and solar curtailment jumps as renewables reach record levels
Wind overtakes gas for first time, solar displaces coal in Queensland, and curtailment more than doubles in South Australia as renewables hit record levels across the country.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 8, 2018

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Renewables

Victoria Labor boosts renewable energy target to 50% by 2030
Victoria Labor promise to boost its target for renewables generation to 50 per cent by 2030 if re-elected. It will probably get there anyway.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 8, 2018

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Renewables

Plan to shift Kimberley to renewables could save $15m a year
Kimberley Clean Energy Roadmap reveals 60-90% mix of solar, battery storage and wind power can out-compete diesel or fracked gas on cost across the region.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 7, 2018

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Renewables

German renewables share jumps to 38% for 2018, nearly catches coal
Germany share of renewables jumps to 38 per cent for first nine months of 2018, just a whisker short of declining black and brown coal generation.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 5, 2018

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Wind

Crookwell 2 wind farm opens, in win for local farmers and ACT power prices
Crookwell wind farm opens in the heart of Angus Taylor’s electorate – but the energy minister, a long time anti-wind campaigner, did not attend the opening.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 5, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

Snowy Hydro smashes price benchmarks for “fair dinkum” wind and solar
Snowy Hydro sets stunning new benchmark for “firm” wind and solar, awarding contracts to eight new wind and solar farms that will produce fair dinkum power at prices well below fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 2, 2018

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Solar

Australia solar output overtakes wind power in September for first time
Combination of rooftop solar and utility-scale solar farms produced more than wind energy in the month of September for the first time.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 1, 2018

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Wind

Tilt approves $560m wind farm in Victoria, signs up major customer
Tilt Renewables gives go-ahead for $560m Dunndonnell wind farm in Victoria after landing 15-year contract for half the output.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 1, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

NSW launches emerging energy program to replace coal generation
NSW launches one of the most significant energy transition projects in Australia, with an Emerging Energy Program designed to help replace most of state’s ageing coal plants with wind, solar and storage over next 15 years.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 31, 2018

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