Wind

Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest manganese metals project may go 90% renewables
Renewables could power up to 90% of major new manganese project, and show how cheap wind and solar can help Australia compete in refining and value-added products.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2019

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Coober Pedy powered by 100 per cent renewables – most of the time
Coober Pedy hybrid grid operating at world leading 70% share of renewables, and at 100% wind and solar for more than half the time.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2019

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Wind

Refurbished wind turbines to help power W.A. garnet mine
ARENA backs ground-breaking fringe-of-grid project using 2.5MW of second-hand wind turbines, with 1MW solar and 2MW/0.5MWh lithium-ion battery.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2019

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Renewables

Wind, solar and battery microgrid at W.A. gold mine an “Australian first”
A remote Western Australia gold mine has won $13.5m in ARENA funding to add 18MW of wind power to a 23MW solar, battery and gas microgrid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2019

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Renewables

Solar, wind and batteries to deliver 50% of global power by 2050
New projections from BNEF show that significant cost cuts to wind, solar, and battery storage, will help push the share of renewables in the global grid to nearly 50% by 2050.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 19, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Cheap wind and solar and “people-powered” revolution to kick out coal
Bloomberg NEF says people-powered revolution in rooftop solar and battery storage, along with low cost wind and solar farms, will drive coal out of Australia’s grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 19, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

South Australia’s stunning aim to be “net” 100 per cent renewables by 2030
South Australia Liberal government says it expects state will be “net” 100 per cent renewables by 2030, heralding the most dramatic shift towards wind and solar and storage technologies of any major grid in the world.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 17, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Cheap solar and wind can re-boot Australia’s economic advantage
Cheap wind and solar will allow electrication of transport and industry, and re-boot Australia’s competitive advantage in manufacturing, steel and aluminium.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 12, 2019

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Wind

Lake Bonney wind farms heavily curtailed in May, says Infigen
Infigen Energy says generation from two of its South Australian wind farms was heavily curtailed over the month of May, due to unplanned grid maintenance.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 11, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

AEMO to model “step change” in energy transition and major emission cuts
AEMO confirms plans to model “step change” scenario that will include dramatic emissions reductions and an accelerated transition to a clean energy grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 7, 2019

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AEMC to consider proposed changes to marginal loss factor rules
Request by Adani Renewables triggers review of controversial allocations of marginal loss factors, as rule-maker also moves to provide some transparency to project plans.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 6, 2019

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Wind

Norway’s Equinor to build world’s biggest floating wind farm near Canary Islands
Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor has received approval to build the world’s largest planned floating offshore wind farm.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 6, 2019

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