Wind

Josh Frydenberg

How Alan Jones made Josh Frydenberg look like a moderate
Alan Jones and Josh Frydenberg traded barbs on radio on Thursday. And beneath the bravado was an insight into how far to the right the debate around Australia’s climate and energy politics has shifted.
Giles Parkinson

May 19, 2018

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Renewables

Why Narrabri should choose wind, solar over CSG
Report finds Narrabri has “enormous potential” for renewables, with scope for between 1GW and 4.5GW of large-scale solar and wind, that would create 500-2,600 permanent local jobs.
Sophie Vorrath

May 19, 2018

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Wind

NAB, CBA to provide $80m finance for Crowlands wind farm
Pacific Hydro’s 80MW Crowlands wind farm in regional Victoria has reached financial close, with backing from two of the Big Four banks.
Sophie Vorrath

May 17, 2018

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Governments

Australia’s biggest wind farm project lands connection deal
Goldwind signs deal for $140m of new network infrastructure to service what will be Australia’s largest, and lowest cost, wind farm.
Giles Parkinson

May 17, 2018

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Storage

“Coal is thing of the past”: Neoen starts on Victoria’s first wind and battery park
Victoria energy minister officially launches construction of first crop farm in the world to be wholly powered by renewable energy – a wind farm and a Tesla battery.
Giles Parkinson

May 16, 2018

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Commentary

ARENA offers $7m for more solar and wind farm FCAS trials
ARENA provides $7m to encourage more wind, solar and battery parks to provide grid services such as frequency and voltage.
Giles Parkinson

May 16, 2018

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Featured

Trimmed CEFC budget signals end of renewables boom
Modest CEFC budget drawdown – after a stellar 2017/18 – is yet another sign that the investment boom in large scale wind and solar is coming to an end.
Giles Parkinson

May 10, 2018

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Storage

Infigen looks to add big battery to Lake Bonney wind farm
Infigen cites success of Tesla big battery in proposal for 25MW/52MWh battery addition to its Lake Bonney wind farm.
Giles Parkinson

May 10, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Zibelman on changing energy market: “Get used to it”
Zibelman says critics need to get used to the fact that the energy market is changing, and it was underscored by AGL that said coal “is well and truly beaten out” by wind and solar.
Sophie Vorrath

May 9, 2018

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Storage

The remarkable assumptions that will shape Australia’s future grid
AEMO’s modelling of the future grid influenced by more dramatic falls in solar and battery storage costs, big uptake of rooftop solar, electric vehicles, batteries and virtual power plants – and a question-mark over coal.
Giles Parkinson

May 8, 2018

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