Wind

Wind

Repowering old wind farms could treble capacity, using a lot less turbines
Experts say around 1700MW of aging wind generation in Australia could be repowered to deliver 6GW, using just a third of the turbines. But there are issues to address.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 25, 2024

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Renewables

New Zealand’s second largest wind farm is fully operational
Meridian Energy says New Zealand’s second biggest wind farm has begun full operations.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 22, 2024

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Featured

Bowen signs deal to treble large scale wind and solar capacity, and double storage in the West
Funding deal between federal and state governments will take share of renewables in W.A. to around 70 per cent – the most of any isolated grid of its size with no hydro.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2024

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New wind and solar remain stalled at the gate, but battery starts are charging to new records
Wind and solar remain stalled at the gate, with no new registrations in June, but the backlog of prospective projects is growing rapidly – many fishing for a deal with the Capacity Investment Scheme.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2024

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Wind

Former Tilt boss to head newly emerging Australian renewables player
Australian renewable energy developer names former head of Tilt Renewables as executive chairman.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2024

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Chart of the day

Combined output of wind and solar hits record high on main grid
The combined output of large scale wind and solar in Australia’s main grid hit a new high this week, beating a record set more than a year ago.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 19, 2024

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Renewables

“Could detach soon:” Turbine blade failure shuts down pioneering US offshore wind farm
Investigations underway after a blade on a massive Haliade-X wind turbine crumpled, leaving debris in the water and washing up on Nantucket beaches.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 18, 2024

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Renewables

Australian researchers zero in on cheaper seabed testing for offshore wind
RMIT engineers invent a new device that could offer a cheaper and more efficient method of seabed testing used to design offshore wind farms.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 18, 2024

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Renewables

Offshore wind: Gippsland zone fills out as more licences awarded for massive projects
A total of 10 projects are moving to the next stage of development in Australia’s first offshore wind zone after another batch were granted feasibility licences.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 18, 2024

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Renewables

RES, Origin offshore wind project wins feasibility licence in Gippsland zone
A seventh offshore wind project has been awarded a feasibility licence in Victoria’s Gippsland development zone.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 17, 2024

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Renewables

Mingyang debuts two-headed wind turbine on floating offshore platform
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer completes construction of twin-rotor floating wind turbine platform dubbed OceanX, with a total capacity of 16.6GW.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 17, 2024

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Renewables

Ørsted pilots quieter, lower impact offshore wind turbine installation method
Ørsted claims its new installation technology reduces the associated underwater noise by 99%, just marginally above the ambient noise of the sea.
Joshua S Hill

Jul 17, 2024

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