Giant aluminium smelter will be among first in world to be powered by wind and solar after Rio Tinto landed $2 billion lifeline from federal and state governments, The post “A slam dunk:” Rio Tinto gets $2 billion lifeline to shift massive smelter...
Offshore wind developer kicks off four months of geophysical surveys for its 1.3 gigawatt project – the furthest from shore of the nine remaining Gippsland zone contenders.
The lesson from Hormuz is not that Australia needs a new panic plan for the Gulf. It is that the country needs to get serious about electrifying the parts of its economy that remain tied to traded oil.
Spanish energy company Iberdrola’s plan to develop a 270 MW / 1,080 MWh battery energy storage system in northern New South Wales has received a boost with the state’s Independent Planning Commission giving its tick of approval.
Australia and New Zealand’s electricity networks are entering a new phase of the energy transition. For more than a decade the focus has been on building renewable generation and connecting it to the grid.
Mining giant Rio Tinto will underwrite $7.5 billion of investment in new renewable energy generation and storage in Queensland after inking a deal with the federal and state governments to secure a long-term future for one of Australia's largest a...
The Queensland Renewable Energy Council (QREC) has welcomed today’s agreement to secure the long-term future of the Boyne aluminium smelter in Gladstone, underpinned by renewable energy.
Existing wind turbines near Albany, Western Australia | Image Credit: Chris de Blank/Stock.Adobe.com On 24 March, the Clean Energy Council opened its Western Australia (WA) Clean Energy Summit in Perth, bringing together industry … The post Long-...
Newly completed solar farm quickly put to the test in the only region rates with the most destructive "D" wind category, where wind speeds can exceed 300 km/h.
Australia's first community owned wind farm has blades and rotor removed to undergo its first major component repair. The post Off with the blades: Pioneering community-owned wind farm has first major component repair appeared first on Renew Economy.
A CIS-winning big battery is now seeking a green tick ahead of a possible start to construction of October 2026. The post Big battery and CIS contract-winner seeks federal green tick for construction appeared first on Renew Economy.
Image Credit: visoot/Stock.Adobe.com The Federal Government has released a new framework outlining expectations for data centre and artifical intelligence (AI) infrastructure developers, positioning … The post Data rules tie AI growth to clean en...
The Queensland government has launched a $200 million fund to support the private sector in delivering “bespoke” renewable energy generation, battery and microgrid projects across the state’s northwest.
US administration will pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to end its offshore wind leases and invest in LNG exports. Critics say the move could make energy even more expensive.
Construction of one of Western Australia’s best performing wind farms continues to hit new milestones on its way to becoming the state’s largest.
EnergyCo is inviting tender registrations to design and build storage facilities at the Newcastle Logistics Precinct adjacent to Port of Newcastle.
Others (with respect to flow-on effects of the Middle East crisis) explain the risks of moving to 'just in time' from the prior position of 'just in case'.
Independent regulator approves big battery plans less than a month after they were sent for reassessment by dozens of interstate and long-distance objections.
The task of repowering the mining giant's Australian aluminium assets now lies with an executive in Canada as it scraps its decarbonisation division.
Arguably, just phasing out the diesel fuel rebate – and just in the mining sector – would give electrification a huge boost.