Nineteen of 40 turbines inspected at the Stockyard Hill wind farm, in Victoria s central highlands, are defective and will take months to fix, union inspectors said.
10 May 2021
The Australian Energy Market Operator says the rate of wind and solar additions on the country’s main grid, and the huge and growing pipeline, means it is “well ahead” of its most optimistic renewable transition scenario of 90 per cent renewable energy penetration by 2040.
AEMO chief systems design officer Dr Alex Wonhas said in a statement on Monday that a further 300 generation and storage projects, totalling 55,000MW, were currently proposed across the NEM, nearly double its current total installed capacity.
“Based on the pipeline of registered and commissioned renewable projects, we’re well ahead of the 2020 Integrated System Plan’s ‘step change’ scenario which would see more than 90 per cent renewable penetration, including rooftop solar PV, by 2040,” he said.
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A European renewable energy powerhouse has purchased a wind farm project in the Callide region, with up to 50 turbines to be installed on the site.
EDF Renewables, the renewable energy subsidiary of the EDF Group and a global leader in low carbon energy, has acquired the Banana Range Wind Farm development project.
The purchase was finalised last week and brings Goldwind Australia and Lacour Energy’s ownership tenure to an end.
EDF Renewables’ growth in the Australian market is in line with the CAP 2030 strategy, which is to more than double the EDF Group’s installed renewable capacity globally, from 28 to 60 gigawatts between 2015 and 2030.
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