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Wind

Sluggish, slow and anaemic: BloombergNEF’s sad take on Australia’s green energy transition
BloombergNEF says most aspects of Australia’s green energy transition are happening too slow, and it has mixed forecasts on storage, solar and wind.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame
Wholesale electricity prices hit a new landmark on Tuesday night when all five state grids had prices pushed above $15,000 a megawatt hour (MWh) at the time. Greed is the new black.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 31, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Coalition’s wind turbine ban lives on, as VicGrid takes first steps to map new renewable zones
A map identifying which parts of Victoria are best suited for future renewables projects shows wind farm “no go zones” introduced more than a decade ago are still in place.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 30, 2024

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Renewables

New England wind project shelved as local MP Barnaby Joyce takes anti-renewable vitriol to new low
Plans to build a 340MW wind farm and a big battery in New England shelved after a “change of mind” from some landowners involved in the project, and as the local MP hits new lows in anti-wind rhetoric.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 29, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Bill shock: Energy retailers have a nasty surprise with smart meters and time of use tariffs
There is bill shock for many in the rollout of smart meters. Regulators are about to crack down, but it will be too late for many and the damage to trust in the green energy transition is already done.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 26, 2024

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Origin to double size of Eraring battery to soak up solar next to country’s biggest coal generator
Origin to double size of Eraring battery, adding a more than four-hour second stage to help soak up solar at the site of Australia’s largest coal generator.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 25, 2024

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Renewables

Electricity prices soar thanks to costly gas, coal outages and market manipulation
Surge in wholesale electricity prices in June quarter highlights the problem of digging in with ageing coal plants and fossil gas generation.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 24, 2024

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Coal

Dutton and crew get close to planned nuclear power plant site, and repeat same old nonsense
Peter Dutton and some of the LNP’s best and brightest gathered atop a small hill on Monday, where they had a panoramic view of one of their chosen nuclear power plant sites, and could repeat their energy nonsense.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 23, 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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Five things we learned this week from Ted’s Talk and people who actually know stuff
Clean energy industry gets its first Ted Talk and rather wishes it hadn’t.Plus: Chris Bowen’s power play, regulators pan nuclear, Forrest drops hydrogen hype, and some awards.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 19, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Bowen hints at even larger auctions after huge response to Australia’s biggest wind and solar tender
Chris Bowen hints at increasing the size of some of the auctions for wind and solar capacity because of the huge response to the initial tenders.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 17, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says
AEMO boss says nuclear too slow to replace coal, and confirms that “notion of baseload” will not compete with grid powered by cheaper renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 16, 2024

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