Wind

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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Wind

Tasmania wind farm Australia’s first to use eagle protection technology
Goldwind Australia’s Cattle Hill Wind Farm to install cutting edge eagle detection technology, in effort to protect endangered Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 30, 2018

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Wind

SA-Best calls for wind farm ban, as it seeks to rekindle health concerns
Ghost of Xenophon lingers as party calls for moratorium on all new wind projects – and particularly Neoen’s Crystal Brook – amid new push for health inquiry.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 25, 2018

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Renewables

Billionaire calls out “total BS” on Morrison’s views of wind and solar
Mike Cannon-Brookes – he of the original Tesla big battery Tweet – calls “total BS” on Scott Morrison’s Sky News comments about wind and solar. Twitter does its thing.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 18, 2018

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Renewables

Monash Uni 100% renewable microgrid trial wins ARENA backing
ARENA tips $2.9m into trial with Monash University and technology partner Indra Australia to run Clatyon campus entirely on renewable energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 12, 2018

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Wind

Flow Power enters NSW market, with Sapphire wind farm PPA
Flow Power adds third wind project – in third state – to business retail energy portfolio, with contract with Sapphire wind farm in northern NSW.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 11, 2018

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Wind

Neoen halves wind component of SA renewable hydrogen superhub
Neoen Australia cuts wind power component of its proposed Crystal Brook Energy Park by “more than 50%”, ahead of State Commission Assessment Panel vote.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 9, 2018

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