RenewEconomy

Launched in early 2012, RenewEconomy.com.au has rapidly become Australia’s leading source for clean energy news and analysis, along with insights on climate policy. It is recognized as the most well-informed and widely visited website in its field.

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New solar farm powers up in coal and gas centre after being completed seven months early

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.
Biggest wind farm and two eight hour batteries slated for Australia’s most advanced renewable state

2 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Sophie Vorrath

South Australia has a new contender for the biggest wind farm in the state, with plans for an up to 1.2 gigawatt (GW) project with two, eight-hour big batteries appearing in the federal government’s environmental assessment queue on Tuesday. Australian developer Tilt Renewables is proposing to install up to 148 wind turbines on sheep grazing land roughly 10 km west of the steel city of Whyalla, as part of a project called the Nonowie wind farm.
Ten start-up battery innovators tapped to join Supercharge Australia incubator

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.
As the major parties duke it out over energy, here's what teals and key independents have to say

6 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Sophie Vorrath

In May 2022, nine years of Coalition federal government was brought to an end by a turn back to Labor, underpinned by an unprecedented surge in support for the climate-forward policies of both the Australian Greens and for a handful of newcomer independent MPs, dubbed Teals for their mix of Liberal (blue) and green policies.
Huge 2 gigawatt, 20 GWh pumped hydro proposal wins state government backing

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.
Fossil fuel advertising to get same treatment as tobacco and gambling in Greens policy plan

6 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

Fossil fuel producers would be treated the same as tobacco, asbestos and gambling advertisers under a suite of Greens proposals to tackle greenwashing and limit the influence of oil, gas and coal companies. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said banning greenwashing is necessary to set a “benchmark” about what is acceptable as consumers were increasingly demanding greener products and more action on climate change.
Google chooses geothermal power in latest landmark deal to power data centres

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.
Teenage wind turbine technician falls to his death in Wyoming

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.
Macquarie's Eku acquires a 2 GWh battery storage project portfolio

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

Macquarie backed battery energy storage developer Eku Energy has acquired renewable energy developer Bluestone Energy’s portfolio of planned battery storage projects in the United Kingdom.
Origin chases down Snowy Hydro for control of dispatchable generation

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | David Leitch

Until recently, the federal government owned energy utility Snowy Hydro had a close to 50 per cent market share in the non-coal dispatchable generation segment of the key electricity markets in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Origin Energy and EnergyAustralia were distant seconds, with about 15 per cent each and AGL also played in the market with 9 per cent.