The Clean Energy Report 2025 paints a picture of investment progress in onshore wind in 2024. Sadly, this has not been carried forward into 2025, but we must celebrate the wins when we can. It also illuminates the reasons for the lack of progress in Australia’s offshore wind development. Australia … [continued]
As I sit at my computer tapping out this article, the sun is shining in beautiful Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia. We are moving into summer and the sun is up long before I am. When I awake, the house battery is filling up and charging the car. Soon, the … [continued]
A glance at the open National Electricity Market widget tells the story of Australia’s energy transition. We are still dependent on coal for almost half of our generation needs. Solar is major, wind power is minor. Gas is a constant irritation. But things are changing — obvious for those who … [continued]
During 2023, Australia made steady progress towards its goal of 82% renewable energy in the grid in by 2030. Some would say that we are halfway there! Progress is being hindered but not stopped by the usual suspects — fossil fuel vested interests and their puppets in politics and the … [continued]
And it won’t be the last. Australia is moving further into winter, and that means wind power is picking up. Powered by wind in the south and abundant sunshine in the north, Australia’s renewable future is shaping up to be a positive one. As each week passes, more and more … [continued]
The sun is shining on my panels, my battery is filling up, and solar is king in Queensland. The downside of this is that Australia desperately needs more wind. There is not enough wind in Australia’s grid. According to the NEM, we are currently producing about 8 GW of electricity … [continued]
The wind farm road block is gone. Now it’s full steam ahead for wind power in Australia, and wind is blowing away Australian records. Under new management, wind power is being encouraged and every day seems to herald a new wind farm announcement and power generation records being broken. As … [continued]
100% renewable energy in South Australia … plus record heat. The sun sustains all life on our fragile planet. It also has the capacity to destroy it. As residents of the coastal town of Onslow (Western Australia) sweltered in 50+ degree heat on Thursday, 13th January, South Australia recorded almost … [continued]
A recent report from CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in collaboration with AEMO (Australian Energy Market Operator) has conclusively shown that solar and wind continue to be the cheapest ways to generate electricity. The report also includes the costs of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the future … [continued]
South Australia is to the world of renewable energy what Norway is to the world of electric vehicle uptake. Rising from the ashes of a massive power blackout in 2016 and with the help of the Tesla Big Battery (Hornsdale Power Reserve and now others), this state has become a … [continued]
