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Wind turbine collapses on calm day in Oklahoma, another is struck by lightning
A Nordex wind turbine has collapsed at a wind farm in northern Oklahoma with no discernible explanation for what caused the tower to buckle.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 4, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Wind farm handbook to help developers avoid brolgas, bats and other project-sinking biodiversity risks
Renewables industry welcomes government funding to fill “critical knowledge gaps” on environmental and wildlife impacts of wind farm development, while also helping to get projects built.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 26, 2024

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Rich, white Americans the most likely to oppose wind farms, says study
Opposing clean energy is a privilege: Nimbyism among wealthy, white communities is extending the consequences of fossil fuels for others.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 27, 2023

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Wind generation overtakes brown coal in June, in month of new records
Wind generation overtakes brown coal in June, in a month of records that saw Victoria become first state to deliver a terawatt hour of wind in a single month.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 5, 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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CleanTech Bites

UK infrastructure giant John Laing quits Australian wind and solar sector
Infrastructure giant John Laing to cease all new investment in wind and solar in Australia, citing impact of transmission losses and a market where the ‘returns no longer reflected the risks.’
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 4, 2020

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Other Good Stuff

The net cost of using renewables to hit Australia’s climate target? Nothing
Our modelling shows renewable energy can help hit Australia’s emissions reduction target of 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030 effectively for free.
Andrew Blakers Bin Lu and Matthew Stocks

Nov 27, 2017

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Renewables

Murdoch media vs Renewables: Anatomy of a Twitter spat
AEMO’s final report into SA blackout sparks a social media spat between the state’s energy minister and The Australian’s Michael Owen.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2017

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Markets

Wind farms could be “core providers” of grid stability, says AEMO
Australia’s wind farms could soon become “core providers” of crucial grid stability services, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 23, 2017

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Renewables

Wind power sets new record for electricity supply in US
Wind power has briefly supplied 52.1% of total power generation on a US grid connecting 14 south-western states – a new record for North America.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 20, 2017

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Featured

Australian wind farms to compete with gas to provide grid stability
Wind farms to show they can provide same system services – inertia and frequency – as coal and gas plants in major new trial in South Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 20, 2017

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Storage

GE: Why grids don’t need to rely on “synchronous” generation
GE technology chief says days of “relying solely on synchronous generation for everything are over”. In a direct challenge to those who say grid security can only be assured by spinning coal and gas turbines, the world’s biggest provider of energy equipment says wind and solar can do the job just as well.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2016

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