Wind

Commentary

Gupta’s grand solar plans in South Australia get network tick
AEMO says two South Australian regions could add 2GW of renewables without any transmission upgrades, and suggests Roxby Downs could emerge as major solar energy region.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 18, 2018

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Renewables

Spain nears 50% renewables for first half 2018, led by wind power
Wind, hydro and solar combined to supply 45.8% of Spain’s electricity demand in first six months of 2018.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 13, 2018

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Wind

Tasmania’s Granville Harbour wind farm reaches financial close
A 112MW wind farm that will deliver a one-third increase to Tasmania’s wind power capacity has reached financial close, after an investment from the CEFC.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 12, 2018

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Renewables

DP Energy gets OK to build 1.1GW wind, solar and storage in SA
DP Energy wins approval for Stage 2 of 1.1GW hybrid renewables park, which will offer most services of traditional fossil fuel power stations.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 11, 2018

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Renewables

Taste of the future: Australia’s southern states at 50% renewables
Last week, in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia, the share of renewable energy was above 50% for most of the time.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 10, 2018

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Featured

Australia at 19% renewables – NEG 2030 target to be reached in 2021
Australia is already at 19 per cent renewables as at June, and could reach 43 per cent renewables by 2030, just with the state targets in Queensland and Victoria, new data shows.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 6, 2018

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Wind

Monash University signs off-take deal with Victorian wind farm
Monash commits to wind offtake deal that brings the university into powerful consortium of corporate buyers, and closer to target of 100% renewables.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 5, 2018

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Storage

The changing shape of wind and solar in Australia’s grid
As more and more wind and solar is added to the grid, the shape of their output is also changing, and in a way that should give confidence about a clean energy future based around a high level of variable renewable energy sources.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 5, 2018

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Wind

Offshore wind farm Trump tried to kill generates first power
Challenged in court three times by Donald Trump, Vattenfall’s 93.2MW offshore wind farm is now sending power to the Scottish grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 3, 2018

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Storage

World’s first offshore wind farm + battery switched on in Scotland
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, the 30MW Hywind project in Scotland, has chalked up another first, adding a 1MW onshore battery system.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 28, 2018

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Policy & Planning

New coal doesn’t stack up – just look at Queensland’s renewable energy numbers
Renewable energy is a much better choice than coal fired generation, in terms of both costs and jobs.
Andrew Blakers and Matthew Stocks

Jun 27, 2018

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How Australia will get to 33% renewable electricity by 2020
Despite best efforts by Coalition government to stop it, Australia will end up with 33% renewables by 2020, will likely get to 40% by 2030, and has enough in pipeline to reach 85%.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 27, 2018

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