wind farms

We arrived here thanks to a series of energy policy decisions under previous governments – state and federal – that left Australia’s energy system ill-equipped to cope with the demands placed on it.

Now that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has survived the investigation over the handling of the case against Alex Salmond, Scotland’s attention is turning to the country’s May election. With the SNP seeking a clear mandate for a second referendum on the back of the vote, independence is back to the top of the agenda. It […]

Politically, reductions in the costs of wind and solar generation has meant decarbonisation is increasingly seen as a way to cut electricity prices. But in NSW and Victoria a small number of privately-owned coal generators dominate production.

Germany is well above the global figure, with wind and solar generating an impressive 42% of its electricity from January through June of this year. The UK has also made strides in recent years.

Renewable energy statistics just keep topping each other. Solar power is getting cheaper. Battery storage capacity is getting better. And wind farms are getting bigger. 2019 saw the world’s biggest (at the time) offshore wind farm come online, as well as construction of the biggest offshore wind farm in the US off the coast of […]

The Australian Energy Regulator is suing four of the wind farms involved in the 2016 South Australian blackout — run by AGL Energy, Neoen Australia, Pacific Hydro, and Tilt Renewables — alleging they breached generator performance standards and the national electricity rules.

As with any large infrastructure project, the quest for bigger and taller turbines comes with its fair share of challenges. But wind turbines are one of the most cost-effective and technologically sophisticated forms of renewable energy, and as the developed world comes to grips with climate change, we will only see more of them.