Wind

Coal

Update: Britain goes more than one week with no coal generation – the new “normal”
Update: Adoption of solar by British households and more wind energy helps keep coal out of grid for more than one week, government hails it as new normal.
Joshua S Hill

May 8, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Solar’s stunning rise takes big chunk out of coal in daytime market
Huge increase in solar capacity over last year is reshaping daytime power and taking a big lump out of coal generation.
Giles Parkinson

May 8, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Rising coal and gas costs push Australia electricity prices to record highs
Big generators bidding over summer shatter myth of cheap “base-load”, as rising coal and gas costs send prices to record highs, and rooftop solar reduces demand.
Giles Parkinson

May 7, 2019

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Renewables

Wind curtailment falls to one per cent in South Australia
Curtailment of wind generation in South Australia falls to just one per cent in latest quarter.
Sophie Vorrath

May 7, 2019

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Renewables

Bank Australia becomes first Australian bank to purchase 100% renewables
Bank Australia signs PPA with Crowlands wind farm and installs rooftop solar to become first Australian bank to meet its 100% renewable energy target.
Michael Mazengarb

May 6, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Hawaii prepares sunset for fossil fuels and aims for 100% renewables
Hawaii is looking to phase out fossil fuels altogether, and it will be renewable and storage systems like these that replace it.
Warwick Forster

May 6, 2019

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Wind

Wind, solar push South Australia prices below zero for almost six hours
Update: South Australia electricity prices go negative for nearly six hours as wind and solar account for all of demand, and fall below zero on second day.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 30, 2019

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Wind

Lincoln Gap wind farm delivers first power to grid as it deals with Senvion issues
Lincoln Gap wind farm begins production as owner strikes interim deal as turbine provider Senvion sorts out its finances.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 29, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Australia can be powered 100% by renewables by early 2030s, says Garnaut
Garnaut says a 100% renewable energy grid, dominated by solar and wind, is possible by the early 2030s and will deliver cheap and reliable power.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 29, 2019

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CopperString is back, with plan to unlock outback wind and solar
New transmission line that could unlock major wind and solar resources in remote Queensland takes a big step forward.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 28, 2019

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First production delivered from Murra Warra wind farm in Victoria
First production delivered from Murra Warra wind farm near Horsham in Victoria, that will deliver cheap electricity to Telstra and other corporate buyers.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 23, 2019

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Solar

Renewables generate one-third of Britain’s Q1 electricity supply
Led by wind power, renewable energy sources generated around 33% of Great Britain’s electricity over the first quarter of 2019, while coal power hit a new low.
Joshua S Hill

Apr 19, 2019

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