Competition for prime substation locales heating up
Published Date : 2024-November-28, Thursday
Increasing competition for utility-scale battery energy
storage system development sites has been clearly revealed this week with two separate,
neighbouring projects put forward for planning approvals.
The two projects are proposed on contiguou . . .
New renewables project developer starts its voyage
Published Date : 2024-November-8, Friday
A new Australian project developer, Voyager Renewables, has been
launched with the backing of multi-national fund manager Copenhagen
Infrastructure Partners.
Voyager is exclusively a renewable energy project developer,
and is aiming to assembl . . .
Vestas looking to “squeeze in” a 2500 MW wind farm in NSW’s SW REZ
Published Date : 2024-October-31, Thursday
Vestas has joined the project queue in a busy part of the NSW
NEM and has not been shy about the size of its proposal, submitting a Scoping
Report for the giant Abercrombie Wind Farm to
the state planning authority for assessment.
The project . . .
Renewable energy potential boosting land prices
Published Date : 2024-October-25, Friday
Over the years there has been terabytes of social media
posts and comments, occasionally breaking through into the mainstream media,
about how large-scale renewable energy projects lower the land values of
surrounding properties.
For opponents . . .
Yancoal’s Stratford Renewable Energy Hub takes forward planning step
Published Date : 2024-October-2, Wednesday
Yancoal Australia’s proposed Stratford Renewable Energy Hub
(SREH), to be located in the Gloucester Valley approximately 95km north of
Newcastle in NSW, has progressed in the approvals process with the state
planning authority placing it on publ . . .
Metlen’s Denman BESS would put the “Super Battery” in the shade
Published Date : 2024-September-27, Friday
Metlen Energy & Metals is proposing a massive battery
energy storage system to be located approximately 7.7km north-east of Denman
and 16.7km south-west of Muswellbrook within the NSW Upper Hunter region and
the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable . . .
Trina Solar lining up its third BESS project
Published Date : 2024-September-19, Thursday
Trina Solar has submitted a development application for its
proposed Kemerton Battery Energy Storage System in Wellesley, 15km south-west
of Harvey in WA's south-west region.
The Kemerton BESS will have a capacity of up to 660 MW with
four hou . . .
PROFILE: Rachel Watson – OX2 Australia County Manager
Published Date : 2024-April-23, Tuesday
It’s been
almost 12 months since Sweden-headquartered OX2 made its first acquisition
outside Europe, buying Australian renewables developer ESCO Pacific. As part of
the deal OX2 took control of the assets of one of Australia’s most active sola . . .