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Renewables

Australia inches towards renewable targets as most advanced wind and solar state goes backwards
In the last financial year, the share of renewables in the main grid inched forward – but in South Australia it actually went backwards. But the pipeline is bigger!
Giles Parkinson

Jul 1, 2024

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Renewables

NSW wind and solar auction comes up short, with one winning project already built
Latest NSW tender for new renewable projects selects first solar and battery hybrid, and a wind farm that has already been built.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 28, 2024

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Policy & Planning

AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster
AEMO planning blueprint confirms that renewables and storage the cheapest and smartest way to replace coal, and nuclear would be too slow and costly. But is the rapid transition quick enough?
Giles Parkinson

Jun 26, 2024

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Renewables

AGL plans huge solar recycling plant at retired coal site that Dutton wants for nuclear
AGL signs MoU to explore feasibility of recycling up to half a million solar panels a year at a new facility at its Hunter Energy Hub in New South Wales.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 25, 2024

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Renewables

Labor swamped with 40 GW of wind and solar bids in first major tender
Chris Bowen says more than 40 GW of wind and solar capacity registers for first CIS auction, enough to meet 2030 renewables target.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 24, 2024

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Dutton’s plan to nuke Australia’s renewable energy transition explained in full
The Coalition’s nuclear plan is more about the destruction of an existing industry – wind and solar – than the creation of a new one. Here’s why.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 21, 2024

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Renewables

Australia’s first floating wind farm edges closer with feasibility licence awarded to 2GW project
An up to 2GW offshore wind project proposed for the New South Wales Hunter region, has been awarded a feasibility licence by the federal government.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2024

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Featured

Dutton’s big nuclear plan: “A serious joke” that is mad, bad and dangerous
Amid all the insults about the stupidity of the Coalition’s nuclear plan, Chris Bowen probably best summed it up: “It’s a joke, but a serious joke because it threatens the renewable transition.”
Giles Parkinson

Jun 19, 2024

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Renewables

Works begin on second stage of Golden Plains wind farm – largest in Southern Hemisphere
Part two of the 1.3GW Golden Plains Wind Farm is underway after the massive project locked in finance from CEFC and other Australian and global lenders.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 19, 2024

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Renewables

Wind and solar power half the cost of coal and gas, one-third the cost of nuclear, says Lazard
Latest levelised cost of energy report from US investment firm Lazard finds large-scale solar and wind significantly cheaper than coal and gas. Nuclear, meanwhile, just keeps getting more expensive.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2024

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Storage

AGL eyes quicker and cheaper pumped hydro “conversions” to back up wind and solar
AGL may convert some existing hydropower assets into pumped hydro, which it says will be quicker and cheaper than building from scratch.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 14, 2024

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Conservatives and incumbents have predicted the end of wind and solar for decades. They are still wrong
Conservatives and fossil fuel incumbents are still arguing the lights will go out with renewables. And they are still wrong. Here’s why solar, batteries and electrification are taking over.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 13, 2024

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