Atmos Renewables Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Not a “dealbreaker:” Big Victorian wind project doesn’t need VNI West
The Macorna wind project will have a simpler ride through state planning, and insists it is still viable even if the proposes VNI West transmission line is not built.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 4, 2026

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Renewables

Biggest wind farm in two years reaches financial close, the ninth in last 12 months, and a new big battery
Updated: The biggest wind farm to reach financial close in Australia in the last two years has been confirmed, along with a new 1,600 MWh big battery.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 2, 2026

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Renewables

Huge landowner-led wind project seeks green tick, despite looming threat to transmission link
A landowner-led wind farm is seeking state and federal environmental approvals, but could struggle to proceed if a hotly contested transmission line doesn’t go ahead.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 22, 2026

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Storage

Big, four-hour battery nears completion on world’s biggest isolated grid
A new 100 megawatt and up to four-hour big battery is almost ready to start storing and dispatching renewable energy on Australia’s most isolated grid.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 24, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Wind project to hand over worker village to First Nations community, and create new home for black cockatoos
Plans to build accommodation for 300 wind farm workers get federal environmental pass, with promise to hand the facility over to Traditional Owners and replace precious cleared black cockatoo habitat.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 22, 2026

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Storage

Another four-hour big battery wins planning approval as state gears up for grid with no coal
A four-hour battery project near the wheat belt town of Merredin gets planning approval as state prepares for a grid with no coal power.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 22, 2024

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Storage

Atmos plans four-hour big battery in W.A. wheatbelt in further boost to storage
Atmos and Nomad plan 100 MW, four hour (400 MWh) battery in the wheat-belt area of Western Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 26, 2024

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