ROUNDTABLE | Wind energy is an abundant resource in Australia but expansion in projects has been limited over recent years. As costs fall and the air is slowly cleared on policy, the wind sector is set for strong growth. EcoGeneration asked four industry experts about their projections and concerns as the 2020 renewable energy target comes across the horizon.
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WA looks to solar, wind and storage to combat regional grid outages
The Western Australian Government will investigate developing an electricity microgrid - likely to be Australia's biggest edge-of-grid solution - to support the Kalbarri community, in WA's Mid-West region.
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Coonooer Bridge produces cheapest wind energy in Australia
Coonooer Bridge has become the first operational wind farm from the ACT's wind auction process and will soon provide power to 11,250 Canberra homes.
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SA wind farm keeps it local with $3.5m turbine contract
Waterloo Wind Farm has announced that an Australian company, Keppel Prince, has been contracted to manufacture and supply the turbine towers for the wind farm's planned extension.
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Doubling renewables would boost Australia’s GDP and social welfare
A dramatic scaling up of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase Australia's GDP by 1.7 per cent, improve social welfare and mitigate water shortages, according to new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
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Hornsdale Wind Farm successful in ACT’s second reverse auction
South Australia's 270 MW Hornsdale Wind Farm has won a contract to deliver an additional 100 MW of power to the ACT, which will help secure up to 250 construction jobs in SA's mid-north.
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CEFC to continue funding wind and solar under new mandate
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will continue to invest in wind and solar projects under a new Investment Mandate that came into force at the end of 2015.
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CEFC hamstrung by latest investment ban on wind and small-scale solar
The renewable energy sector has reacted with dismay to the Federal Government's recent directive, which bans the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) from investing in wind and small-scale solar, the latter of which includes rooftop panels.
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