Wind

Wind

Tiny town at the end of the line wants to double its community wind farm, and add a big battery
20 years ago, the town of Denmark in WA’s south decided a community wind farm was the sensible solution to outages. Now it wants to double that and add a battery.
Rachel Williamson

May 29, 2025

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Solar

Big battery splurge sets cracking pace for 2025, as wind and solar investment has best year since 2018
New quarterly data details a flying start to what promises to be a big year for big battery investment, and the investment in wind and solar is also rebounding.
Sophie Vorrath

May 29, 2025

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Renewables

Norway project to trial “flat-pack” floating offshore wind turbines
A US wind energy innovator will trial its “flat-pack” style offshore floating wind technology as part of a demonstration project set to be installed in 2027.
Joshua S Hill

May 28, 2025

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Renewables

Brookfield to double pace of Neoen projects, with focus on wind and batteries, and sell some assets
New Neoen owner wants to double the pace of its project development, and wants to sell off some assets to recycle capital – and pay itself dividends.
Giles Parkinson

May 27, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Industry slams axing of $1 billion wind farm as “highly political,” as doubts raised over objections
Most of the objections against Moonlight Range wind farm were not local, raising questions about the LNP’s decision to axe it.
Sophie Vorrath

May 27, 2025

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Chart of the day

Powerful cold front sweeps away wind output records in south-east Australia
Cold front sweeps away new wind output records in Victoria, NSW and across the main grid, helped along by the ramp up at the country’s two biggest wind projects.
Giles Parkinson

May 27, 2025

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Policy & Planning

LNP reverses approval of Brookfield-backed wind farm in stunning about-face
Queensland wind farm celebrated as the first to be approved by newly elected LNP government becomes the first to be retrospectively rejected using extraordinary planning powers.
Sophie Vorrath

May 26, 2025

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Wind

Victoria has done well on decarbonisation, but risks stumbling on offshore wind
My reading of Victoria’s new transmission document is that it doesn’t really want to do much more onshore development and prefers to have higher cost offshore wind.
David Leitch

May 26, 2025

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Renewables

Crane workers strike for better pay at Australia’s biggest wind project
Crane operators at the Golden Plains wind project – Australia’s biggest – are conducting rolling strikes as they push for more pay and better conditions.
Rachel Williamson

May 23, 2025

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Wind

French nuclear giant plans name change and capacity boost for wind project in Banana Shire
The second stage of a wind project planned by the renewables arm of French nuclear giant EDF will be double the size of the first stage, but will need to pass new planning rules.
Rachel Williamson

May 22, 2025

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CleanTech Bites

You’re stealing our energy: Accusations of offshore wind theft hurled across North Sea
Offshore wind projects in the North Sea have become embroiled in accusations of “wind theft”. What is it, and what can be done about it?
Amalyah Hart

May 22, 2025

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Wind

All deliveries to wind farm stopped after turbine part stuck under bridge
All deliveries to the Wambo wind farm have come to a halt as the parties investigate why a truck carrying an oversized piece of turbine came to be stuck under an overpass.
Rachel Williamson

May 21, 2025

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