Wind

Storage

Genex slashes wind plans, adds big battery as it reshapes hub around delayed pumped hydro plant
Genex halves wind project and adds battery storage to Kidston renewable hub, based around the landmark pumped hydro project that is now running behind schedule.
Giles Parkinson

May 13, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Federal decision on contested large wind project delayed for sixth time
Controversial and contested wind project suffers another delay, this time likely because of the election timing. It has now been in the EPBC process for eight years.
Rachel Williamson

May 12, 2025

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Renewables

New 500 MW wind project gets federal environmental tick in one of Australia’s richest wind regions
Plans to build a nearly 500MW project in a region renowned for its wind resource have been waved through federal environmental approvals process, clearing the way for development.
Sophie Vorrath

May 9, 2025

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Wind

More than 3,000 wind turbines are due to be decommissioned by 2045. Is Australia prepared?
An upcoming report says 85 wind farms will come to the end of their operating lives by 2045, but Australia is not yet prepared for what happens next.
Rachel Williamson

May 9, 2025

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Wind

Taking down wind turbines can be an explosive issue, but Australia is helping to spearhead solutions
Decommissioning wind farms can involve blowing up turbines, to bring them down. What happens next is still being nutted out, but Australian developers want to lead the way on best, sustainable practice.
Rachel Williamson

May 7, 2025

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Renewables

Vestas installs huge 15 MW wind turbine – first of 64 at German offshore project
Danish wind giant installs its first commercial 15MW wind turbine, the first of 64 to be installed at an offshore wind farm off the coast of Germany.
Joshua S Hill

May 7, 2025

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Renewables

Wind, solar and batteries push fossil fuels to record lows, but costly coal and hydro keep prices high
Wind, solar and batteries are pushing fossil fuels to record lows, but coal and hydro are still keeping prices high, AEMO says.
Giles Parkinson

May 7, 2025

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Renewables

Neoen gets federal all-clear to build its first wind farm in Western Australia
Neoen’s plan to build its first wind farm in Western Australia get waved through both state and federal environmental assessment processes, paving the way for development.
Sophie Vorrath

May 5, 2025

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Renewables

Wind can deliver “offshore scale” projects for “onshore price” in inland Australia, Spanish giant says
Australian head of Spanish renewables giant says western NSW and Queensland could host wind projects at an “offshore scale,” but for a much lower “onshore price.”
Sophie Vorrath

May 2, 2025

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Renewables

AEMO says wind, solar and storage pipeline at record high, as battery proposals double
AEMO says capacity of wind, solar and battery storage projects queuing for connection in Australia’s main grid has jumped to more than 50 GW for first time.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 30, 2025

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Renewables

Owner of one of last coal generators in WA joins plans to build biggest wind farm in state
Japanese industrial giant teams up with Perth-based developer for large wind farm to be built ahead of closure of the state’s last coal generators.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 30, 2025

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Wind

First layout and view released of forest-based wind farm located near Snowy
Neoen has released the artist’s impression of what the Bondo wind farm – one of four proposed for the state’s softwood forests – might look like for residents of Tumut.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 29, 2025

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