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Wind

First turbine completed at Tasmania’s Cattle Hill wind farm
First turbine completed at Goldwind’s 144MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania, which will boost the island state’s wind power capacity by 50% once complete.
Sophie Vorrath

May 13, 2019

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Wind

Tasmania wind farm Australia’s first to use eagle protection technology
Goldwind Australia’s Cattle Hill Wind Farm to install cutting edge eagle detection technology, in effort to protect endangered Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 30, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Tasmania installs state’s first public EV fast charger
Tasmania’s first 50kW public DC fast charger has been installed in Launceston by Brisbane-based Tritium.
Bridie Schmidt

Oct 23, 2018

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Renewables

Labor proposes first renewable energy zone in north west Tasmania
Federal opposition proposes renewables zone in north-west Tasmania, as Victorian Labor extends coal mining licences for Latrobe Valley’s major brown coal generators.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 4, 2018

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Solar

Tasmania’s biggest solar farm wins council approval
Tasmania is going solar, with Epuron about to build the first two solar farms – 5MW and 12.5MW – in the island state.
Sophie Vorrath

May 24, 2018

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Renewables

Tasmania Labor pitches 120% renewables target, rooftop solar boost
Tasmania Labor unveils energy policy targeting 120% renewables, increased electricity exports, and an 80% boost to distributed resources like rooftop solar.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 16, 2018

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Solar

Tasmania Libs propose solar + battery microgrid ahead of election
Tasmania’s Liberal government promises to boost state energy security with $200k solar and battery storage “microgrid,” if re-elected.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 7, 2018

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Markets

Tasmania wants to quit “broken” NEM as major parties agree it needs reform
Tasmania’s Liberal government flags plan to quit NEM, as bipartisan Parliamentary report concludes electricity market is broken, needs rebuilding.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 5, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Will Tasmania be the ‘battery of the nation’?
Tasmania itself doesn’t need more centralised energy storage. Tasmania’s problem is lack of renewable generation.
Jack Gilding

Nov 7, 2017

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Renewables

Tasmania ups quest to become renewable energy “battery of Australia”
ARENA tips $2.5m into feasibility studies for doubling of Tasmania hydro capacity and developing 2.5GW of pumped hydro storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 22, 2017

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Storage

Tasmania talks up renewables, ignores battery storage, gets stuck on gas
Tasmanian Energy Security report reasserts the importance of more diverse renewable energy supply. But ignores battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 17, 2017

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Renewables

Goldwind to build 144MW wind farm in Tasmania
Goldwind and Aurora Energy in deal to build $300m, 144MW wind farm in Tasmania’s central highlands, as government hints of more projects to follow.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 6, 2017

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