Wind

For $6 extra, AEMO keeps lights on and defies renewable skeptics
AEMO says reserve mechanism that ensured lights stayed on last summer cost just $6 per customer, and praises role of newly deployed technologies such as batteries and demand response.
Giles Parkinson

May 23, 2018

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Commentary

Cheap condensers to displace gas as renewable energy back-up
South Australia transmission company ElectraNet says it has found a cheaper solution that using the state’s gas plants to provide system strength to the local grid.
Giles Parkinson

May 22, 2018

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Wind

Goldwind begins construction of 144MW Tasmania wind farm
Construction underway on 144MW Cattle Hill Wind Farm, which will boost Tasmania’s wind capacity by 50%.
Sophie Vorrath

May 22, 2018

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Storage

Neoen wins approval for huge wind and battery plant near Cairns
Neoen wins approval for huge wind and battery storage project in north Queensland that could see largest turbines in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

May 21, 2018

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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

2
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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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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