RES Australia Archives - Renew Economy

Battery

Iberdrola to invest half a billion dollars on shovel-ready four-hour battery project in South Australia.
The Spanish developer has a $1.7 billion budget for Australia which it intends to aim mainly at battery projects.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 16, 2025

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Solar

Solar battery hybrid project forced to IPC due to weight of opponents, half of whom live more than 100km away
Solar battery hybrid project referred to independent panel, despite state planning approval because of more than 50 objections, half of whom live more than 100 km away.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 24, 2025

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Renewables

Wind project rejoins planning queue with fewer but much bigger turbines, and a battery
Large wind project returns to the planning portal after a six year hiatus with fewer but bigger turbines, and a battery.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 4, 2025

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Renewables

Developers quietly shed solar generation to focus on battery only projects
Developers are cutting generation from their projects and going with a battery-only approach. Solar is the most affected.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 3, 2024

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Wind

State planning approval given to Australia’s biggest government owned wind project
The wind project still needs to get through the EPBC process. Developer RES Australia hopes to start construction next year.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 5, 2024

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Renewables

Huge gigawatt scale wind farm and four-hour big battery hopes to plug in to troubled VNI West
Another gigawatt scale wind project, and a very big battery, proposed along the route of the controversial VNI West transmissions upgrade.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 2, 2024

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Battery

Zen Energy unveils big battery plans, with a first project ready to go on its home turf
Ross Garnaut-led retailer announces plans to develop a big battery, after buying up a partly developed project near Gawler in South Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 9, 2023

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Battery

Another two big battery projects jostle for position and contracts in Hunter Valley
RES has begun dipping its toes into the battery market, and has added another storage project to the growing pipeline in the Hunter Valley.
Rachel Williamson

Jan 25, 2023

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Last massive turbine goes up at Queensland wind farm – Australia’s tallest
RES marks installation of the last of Dulacca wind farm’s 43 Vestas turbines, said to be the tallest installed in Australia, to date.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 8, 2022

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Queensland coal giant unveils plans for 500MW state-owned wind farm
State-owned Stanwell Corporation unveils plans to build a 500MW wind farm, as part of a shift from coal power generation to renewables.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 26, 2022

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Multimedia

First turbine blade arrives at Queensland’s Dulacca wind farm
New video shows the first of many massive wind turbine blades arriving at the 180MW Dulacca wind farm in Queensland’s south-east.
Sophie Vorrath

May 30, 2022

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Solar

RES lands Columboola solar farm contract, construction to begin “immediately”
RES Australia secures construction and asset management contract for Hana Financial’s 162MW Columboola solar farm in Queensland Western Downs region.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 17, 2020

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