Northern Territory Government Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Time running out on trial to protect vulnerable electricity consumers from from El Niño heatwave
A trial to stop prepaid meter disconnections during heatwaves in the NT and WA may not be ready in time for the most powerful El Niño ever.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 17, 2026

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Hydrogen

NT backs Total Eren plan to build territory’s first green hydrogen plant
NT government awards major project status to Total Eren’s Middle Arm green hydrogen plans, as an “an early mover in giga-scale renewables.”
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 9, 2024

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New “mega scale” green hub planned for Northern Territory by Korea giant
Northern Territory unveils another “mega-scale” renewable project featuring wind, solar, hydrogen and battery storage with South Korea industrial giant.
Joshua S Hill

Nov 15, 2023

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Solar

Solar supply firms up for controversial Middle Arm precinct – but not from Sun Cable
New deal promises solar supply to vanadium electrolyte facility starting 2026. The same company has a tentative solar supply deal with the massive Sun Cable project.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 1, 2023

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Stranded solar farms in Top End dealt further blow by new line constraint
Stranded solar farms on the main grid in Northern Territory face new hurdle after limit placed on transmission line linking them to Darwin.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 27, 2023

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Battery plant advances for Middle Arm, as questions raised over Fortescue hydrogen
Proposal to build Australia’s first commercial scale LFP battery cathode facility at Middle Arm takes step forward, but concerns raised over Fortescue hydrogen plan after office closed.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 26, 2023

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Featured

“World changing:” Cannon-Brookes lays out new vision for planet’s biggest solar array
Cannon-Brookes takes control of Sun Cable, and lays out new vision for 20GW solar project, including supply to Singapore and massive green industrial precinct in Darwin.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 7, 2023

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Octopus eyes huge solar, battery and green hydrogen plans in First Nations deal
Octopus venture with First Nations peoples plans $1 billion of solar and battery projects in Northern Territory, and has an eye on even bigger green hydrogen plans.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 30, 2023

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Solar

Top End puts out call for 100MW of solar, but they must come with grid forming batteries
Solar developers have been invited to pitch for 100MW of new capacity in the Top End, but the projects will need to come with their own grid forming batteries.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Darwin’s “sustainable” Middle Arm project reveals massive climate policy gamble
Middle Arm is part of an imagined scenario where carbon released from one source is used or stored by others. In reality, these projects are grand experiments with our climate.
Timothy Neale, Kari Dahlgren & Matthew Kearnes

Aug 9, 2023

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Solar

NT seeks another 100MW of large scale solar, even as first projects sit idle
NT seeks another 100MW of big solar, but the projects will have to come with their own storage to avoid the problems that have caused the first solar farms to sit idle.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 8, 2023

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Solar

Another tentative solar supply deal for controversial NT gas hub
New MoU with a Korean electric company and a local business to supply solar for NT’s Middle Arm precinct could compete with Sun Cable.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 2, 2023

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