Featured Archives - Page 7 of 69 - Renew Economy

Renewables

New renewables and batteries improve grid reliability outlook, but more needs to get built on time, AEMO says
Immediate threat to the reliability of Australia’s main grid has been pushed back into the next decade, provided there is the “timely delivery” of new renewables and storage.
Peter Hannam

Aug 25, 2026

3
Storage

“A Trojan horse for communism!” More big batteries head for review as familiar long distance objectors pile in again
Two more big batteries head for independent review as familiar long distance objectors file the same complaints against renewable energy in general.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 24, 2026

7
Coal

Linking electricity and safeguards could make wind projects viable, and oblige gentailers to actually Do Something
Linking the electricity grid with the safeguards mechanism would send clear price signal for wind and provide an incentive for Gentailers to do something.
David Leitch

Aug 24, 2026

2
Commentary

Why Solar Sharer has become the solar shocker, with the costliest of retail offers
It could have been a very smart, exciting and world-first energy policy initiative. But now we can see the results, it’s clear that Solar Sharer has gone terribly wrong.
Gavin Gilchrist

Aug 23, 2026

35
Hydrogen

“Prices have doubled”: Farmers turn to wind and solar to make fertiliser, and change dialogue about renewables
Surging cost of diesel and fertiliser has farmers turning to wind and solar to make their own products, and is changing the conversation about renewables in regions.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2026

21
Wind

Do wind turbines make droughts worse? A new study says they do not
By mixing different air layers, wind turbines can make surface air temperatures slightly warmer at night but they don’t cause long term soil drying.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 21, 2026

4
Renewables

Not a “bunch of yokels:” City mayor lays down “no water, no REZ” demands as region turns dry
City mayor says New England renewable zone depends on state government support for major water upgrade, and says overwhelming majority supports energy transition.
Peter Hannam

Aug 20, 2026

10
Hydrogen

“Trucks, chargers, batteries and green energy:” Fortescue throws AI and data centres into mix in pursuit of real zero
Fortescue settles bill over abandoned electrolyser factory, claims to be biggest builder of solar in Australia as it pursues zero emissions for its mines, green iron and data centres
Giles Parkinson

Aug 20, 2026

3
Storage

“Significant shift:” Batteries are capping electricity prices and helping to bust the energy market cartel
A near tripling of installed battery capacity and increasingly diverse ownership of solar and wind generators is pushing down electricity prices and boosting market competition, a new report has found.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2026

10
Policy & Planning

“They are not locked in:” Inside the anti-renewables meeting railing against migrant worker camps
Residents near camps housing construction workers for a Renewable Energy Zone have been told to brace for an upsurge in crime from immigrant workers.
Peter Hannam

Aug 19, 2026

7
Policy & Planning

“We need more gas:” Victoria Coalition light on detail after vowing to scrap VNI West transmission link
Victoria’s Coalition is accused of tossing away years of planning by farmers and communities with its vow to scrap VNI West.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 19, 2026

23
Renewables

The $2.5 billion wind project getting ready for take-off, 23 years after farmer landholders were first approached
After more than two decades of planning, this huge wind project is edging closer to construction. For the farmers hosting the turbines, it can’t come soon enough.
Peter Hannam

Aug 18, 2026

4