Joshua S Hill

2 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

Spanish renewable energy company Acciona Energía has completed construction of the 380MW Aldoga solar farm near Gladstone in Queensland, seven months ahead of schedule. Construction of the solar project got underway nearly a year ago in the Queensland coal centre, and will power up over the next six months with commissioning expected to be completed by year’s end.

4 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

A cohort of ten Australian battery sector start-ups have been selected to join Supercharge Australia’s inaugural Incubator program which has been designed to accelerate Australia’s lithium battery manufacturing and innovation capabilities.

6 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

Queensland electricity generator CleanCo has welcomed the state government’s decision to invest $50 million into its proposed Mt Rawdon Pumped Hydro project, a 2GW/20GWh which could enable nearly 6GW of additional renewable generation capacity.

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

American tech giant Google has signed a deal to supply its data centres and other operations in Taiwan with geothermal energy, a first for Google in the region and a first for geothermal energy in Taiwan. The agreement will see Swedish geothermal developer Baseload Capital build 10MW worth of geothermal capacity to power Google’s operations in Taiwan, doubling Taiwan’s current operational geothermal capacity. They are expected to come online in 2029.

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Joshua S Hill

A 19-year-old wind technician from Wyoming has tragically fallen to his death while working on a wind turbine near the town of Medicine Bow. Liam Cobb, from Douglas, Wyoming, graduated high school in 2024 and had gone straight to work as a wind turbine technician, a job that stemmed from what his aunt described as a strong desire to learn how things worked.