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AEMO Will Trial Ability Of Wind Farms To Stabilize South Australia’s Grid
An Australia-first trial to demonstrate the ability of wind farms to provide crucial grid stabilising services traditionally supplied by “baseload” coal and gas plants, is now set to begin in October. The South Australia-based trial, first flagged in February, and…
Green Investment Group Sells 70MW of Energy Assets to Bioenergy Infrastructure Group
The Green Investment Group, known until Friday as the Green Investment Bank, has offloaded more than 70MW of low-carbon energy capacity for an undisclosed sum. The deal follows the conclusion of the controversial sale of the Green Investment Bank last…
Solar Plants Are Cropping Up On Farms
If the United States wants to kick its coal habit, it will need to install a lot more solar power. That raises an important question: Where should all those panels reside? They could always go live on a farm upstate.…
West Antarctic Ice Sheet May Hide World’s Largest Volcanic Range
The ice sheets of Antarctica may be hiding the world’s largest volcanic range, according to a new study from the University of Edinburgh. The new work discovered around 100 “new” volcanos in the Antarctic region, some of which are as…
Australian Wind Energy Continues To Deliver Record Low Prices
Just three months after Origin Energy stunned the renewables industry with a record low power off-take deal for the 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, AGL Energy has delivered more of the same, securing an off-take price of below…
Canadian Solar Posts Strong Second Quarter With Increased Shipments & Revenue
Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar power companies, this week posted strong second quarter results with increased revenue and shipments, but traders were immediately, if temporarily, concerned by Q3 revenue guidance below analyst expectations. Total Canadian Solar module…
Wind and Solar Power Helped Prevent Up To 12,700 Deaths
The massive increase in wind and solar energy helped prevent the premature deaths of up to 12,700 people over a nine-year period in the US, according to new research which illustrates the wider benefits of ditching fossil fuels beyond limiting…