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Policy & Planning

Watt unveils plan to create “go” and “no-go” zones in breakthrough for wind, solar and storage assessments
Murray Watt says “regional planning” reforms recommended by Graeme Samuel review of EBPC will be legislated, in key move for large scale renewable projects.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2025

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Wind

Victoria has done well on decarbonisation, but risks stumbling on offshore wind
My reading of Victoria’s new transmission document is that it doesn’t really want to do much more onshore development and prefers to have higher cost offshore wind.
David Leitch

May 26, 2025

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Wind

Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy presents another big wind and battery project for federal approval
Squadron Energy has presented a new big wind and battery project in NSW for EPBC approval, just weeks after receiving green tick for another project.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 25, 2025

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Renewables

World’s first wooden wind turbine blades installed in Germany
World’s first wooden wind turbine blades promise to be less emissions intensive and cheaper to make, as well as easier to recycle.
Joshua S Hill

May 8, 2024

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Renewables

Shorter days and a wind drought, but latest data shows solar powering through April
Despite featuring a week-long wind drought, latest Rystad data shows April 2024 still outperformed the same month last year.
Sophie Vorrath

May 3, 2024

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Renewables

“Very predictable:” Study shows global wind energy production is stable
New study finds annual variations in wind power production, globally, fall within a very small range of plus or minus 3 per cent.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 5, 2024

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Life extensions and “predictive” maintenance could save wind farms millions
Australia’s first wind farms are nearing retirement but “predictive maintenance” could extend their life and save millions, new study finds.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 2, 2022

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Wind

Wind tops coal as number one generation source on major US grid
Wind surpassed coal as primary generation source in 2020 for Southwest Power Pool, the grid that supplies a vast territory stretching from Texas to the Canadian border.
David Schlissel

Feb 15, 2021

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Wind

Scotland claims world first by using wind power to turn lights back on
ScottishPower claims a “world first” by using power from Dersalloch wind farm to reenergise a blacked-out section of the power grid.
Joshua S Hill

Nov 6, 2020

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Wind

Massive 1200MW Forest Wind project gets “vital” boost from state legislation
Legislation to fast-track the development of a 226 turbine wind farm within exotic pine plantations in Queensland has passed through state parliament.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 17, 2020

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Renewables

Gold Fields eyes wind energy “bolt on” at Granny Smith mine
Global gold miner says it’s looking to “bolt-on” renewables at more of its Western Australian mining operations, including the addition of wind turbines at Granny Smith.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 6, 2020

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Renewables

Australia’s 5GW wind energy pipeline celebrated on Global Wind Day
Australia currently has 28 large-scale wind farms under construction or financially committed with a total capacity of 5GW and 4200 peak construction jobs.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 15, 2020

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