Category: Renew Economy

Reverse engineering: First solar farm to be built next to a pre-existing battery project sends its first output to the grid. The post First major solar farm to be added to a big battery starts operations in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Windy conditions in south-eastern Australia last week led to an interesting energy generation mix for Tasmania, including more wind than hydro. The post Wind out-powers hydro for five hours on Tasmania grid, allowing utility to cash in appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The startup is offering 30 jobs at its new site but will need to compete hard for a limited number of skilled hydrogen employees. The post Singapore hydrogen tech startup SunGreenH2 eyes Melbourne talent with new hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Co-locating plants in sun-rich, iron-rich parts of Australia can help overcome the “first mover problem” for green hydrogen. Here’s how it would work. The post Putting green hydrogen plants next to green steelworks would kickstart both industries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy says an Environmental Impact Statement is underway for proposed wind farm and battery in Wiradjuri Country. The post Squadron forges ahead with 400MW wind and big battery project in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Belgian company Parkwind teams up with Australia oil and gas company Beach in an effort to beat a powerful field of licence applicants. The post Australian oil and gas company Beach makes move into offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO proposes new route for VNI West transmission link to avoid wetlands and irrigated crops, but there is good and bad news for renewables developers. The post VNI West: AEMO finds new route to allay opposition with good and bad news for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Forrest says he made no final offer for Sun Cable and intends to focus instead on his own 20GW renewable pipeline. The post Forrest says he did not bid for Sun Cable, has his own 20GW to build appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Battle of billionaires ends with a Grok-Quinbrook consortium taking ownership of the massive Sun Cable project, keeping alive plans to export solar power to Singapore. The post Sun Cable: Cannon-Brookes wins battle for world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

CSIRO scientists will demonstrate patented technology to efficiently generate hydrogen from liquid carriers, supported by Advanced Carbon Engineering. The post CSIRO trials Australia first portable, off-grid hydrogen generator appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Latest DMO reminds us the only solution to permanently lower power prices is to decouple from polluting, inflationary fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to firmed renewable energy. The post Latest hike could be power price peak – as long as we decouple from inflationary fossil fuels appeared first on

Gold miner expects to get premium for its bullion after signing deal to get 80% of mining and refining power needs delivered by wind and solar. The post Green gold: Wind and solar to deliver 80 pct of power needs for huge new mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.