By Sophie Vorrath Neoen Australia’s Kaban wind farm has powered up, a milestone for the first new project in Queensland’s first designated Renewable Energy Zone. The post Kaban wind farm powers up, connects to Queensland’s renewable “SuperGrid” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Rachel Williamson Queensland sounds out local market for supply of wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and pumped hydro equipment for state’s $62bn shift to renewables. The post Queensland seeks local manufacturers to build state’s renewable energy “supergrid” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Rachel Williamson Telstra inks PPA with Ark Energy to meet around 25% of its energy needs with wind power from the massive McIntyre project being developed in Queensland. The post Telstra underwrites Australia’s biggest wind farm in PPA with Ark Energy appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Sophie Vorrath The biggest renewable energy transition plan ever undertaken in Australia gets underway in NSW with launch of Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap and first REZ tender. The post NSW hits go on Australia’s biggest shift from coal to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Richard Kingsford State and national governments are promoting massive gas development to kickstart Australia’s economy. But is it worth the environmental cost? The post Lake Eyre Basin threatened by 831 oil and gas wells – is this really what Australians want? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Joshua S Hill A massive 200MW/2GWh long-duration iron flow battery energy storage system will be installed in the US city of Sacramento. The post California utility claims biggest flow battery deal in the world appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By National Wind Watch The developers of the South Fork Wind Farm have begun preparing the long undersea cable route to Long Island through use of sea-bottom boulder plow that will clear a 52-foot wide swath of the ocean floor, rankling fishermen concerned about impacts on the environment and lost wages. The plowing “may occur…
By National Wind Watch RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin called Monday for expanding nuclear power generation in Virginia, reevaluating a recent clean energy law celebrated by environmentalists, and restoring greater authority to state regulators who oversee the state’s powerful utilities. His administration laid out those and other goals in a 29-page state…
A professor is reporting on a new type of solar energy harvesting system that breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies. And no less important, it clears the way to use solar power 24/7. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Solar Energy News — ScienceDaily
By Kevin Clark Entergy Louisiana and Diamond Generating Corporation (DGC) signed an agreement to evaluate and potentially deploy offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Efforts will initially focus on the evaluation of grid interconnection to determine the optimal size and locations of future offshore wind development. “This is an important first step to…
By Billy Ludt Solar FlexRack announced that it has supplied its FlexTrack Solar Trackers for a 42 megawatt (MW) portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois, to Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets. All 14 projects are part of Illinois Shines, a state-administered program that creates incentives for the development of…
By National Wind Watch Payments to energy firms to switch off mainly Scottish wind farm turbines because they produce too much power have cost bill-payers approaching £1bn in just over five years and are expected to soar to £500m a year. It has emerged that households who are seeing a doubling of energy bills since…
By Associated Press Editors BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines and other projects that kill eagles, amid growing concern among scientists that the rapid expansion of renewable energy in the U.S. West could harm golden eagle populations now teetering on decline….
By Kelly Pickerel Solar panel company Solaria will merge with California-based residential sales platform provider Complete Solar to form a new company: Complete Solaria. This will allow the new company to act as a full system operator, providing residential installers with sales expertise, design assistance and product access. Complete Solar CEO Will Anderson will act…