Renewables

Danish wind energy giant Vestas is seeking approval to build a massive, 2,500 megawatt (2.5GW) wind farm in southern New South Wales that would combine up to 348 turbines and two four-hour big batteries, each with up to 500 megawatts (MW)…

A study forecasting 39 country’s renewable energy generation per capita and net zero emissions target ranks Australia tenth in the world based on a projected 4.79 TWh of renewable generation per million people by 2028. September 6, 2024 Ev…

The season of renewable records has begun early in Australia, sending average coal power down below 50 per cent for the first time, establishing new records for wind output, and sending demand to new lows across the main grid. The state at…

The development rights to what will surely be biggest co-located solar and battery storage hybrid projects in Australia’s main grid have been bought by Pacific Partnerships, part of the listed engineering and construction company Cimic. The…

Alice Springs is near the very centre of Australia: An iconic town made famous by its isolation, people, and multiple books and movies, and which now finds itself at the forefront of how to transition large isolated grids from fossil fuels…

Big batteries and small-scale solar were the heroes of Australia’s energy transition in 2023, with PV installed by homes and businesses making up the majority of the record 5.9GW of new renewable energy capacity added to the grid over the…

With the COP28 climate summit in Dubai resulting in a pledge of at least 11 TW of renewables generation capacity by 2030, Bruce Douglas, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA), examines the outcomes of the…

British solar and storage developer Elgin Energy says it has secured development approval for another solar and battery project in Australia, this time in Victoria. It announced on its LinkedIn profile that it had secured development…

Total 0 Shares The federal Labor government has effectively abandoned the long standing renewable energy target and will take a hands-on policy approach through a series of auctions to secure 32GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity…

Total 0 Shares Australian renewable energy investor Quinbrook says it is looking to deploy 16 hour battery storage technology as part of a massive supply deal with China battery giant CATL, and could use the technology at the Sun Cable…