17th July 2025 "Lets see if something actually changes!"- Barnaby Joyce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rjNeY69okA
Tag: Fire Risk
100%…They’re Dreamin’
Storage requirement for 100 percent Renewables on the Eastern Australian Grid -Initial FindingsExecutive Summary - Notes for policymakers 4th March, 2024 By Paul Miskelly Miskelly_-_Storage_Requirements_for_100-percent_Renewables_05-03-2024Download
Fuming Over Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore wind farm: Business owner fumes over controversial $10billion project on NSW south coast 17th June, 2024 By Freddy Pawle, Daily Mail Australia Fisherman slams new offshore wind farm Last minute change destroyed his $500,000 investment A commercial fisherman fears his livelihood is under threat after last-minute amendments to a new offshore wind farm were given the … Continue reading Fuming Over Offshore Wind Farm
Wind Turbine Fires
Wind turbine fires — what is the risk of them occurring and the danger when they do? 11th February, 2024 By Eugene Boisvert, ABC Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-12/wind-turbine-fire-concerns-risks-danger/103443918? Smoke billows from a fire at the Clements Gap Wind Farm last week.(Supplied) In short: Firefighters had to wait for a fire in a wind turbine to burn out but were lucky … Continue reading Wind Turbine Fires
A Bush Revolt
25th August, 2023 By Cait Kelly and Adam Morton, The Guardian Source; https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/23/renewable-energy-new-power-lines-for-transmission-risks-concerns Farmers and other landowners in parts of rural Victoria and NSW are prepared for a bitter fight over new lines needed to make Australia’s power grid fit for the transition to renewable energy. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian Australia urgently needs a grid upgrade – but … Continue reading A Bush Revolt
Serious Fire Risk
Electric cars 'a serious fire risk' 12th November, 2022 by David McCowen, The Adelaide Advertiser
‘No Responsibility’: Council
29th April, 2021 By Kyra Gillespie, The Standard, standard.net.au A third attempt to build a solar farm bigger than Camperdown in the south-west has been slammed by a council, saying the applicant has taken 'no responsibility' for the project. A new submission to the planning minister to build a 588 hectare solar farm at Bookaar … Continue reading ‘No Responsibility’: Council
Windfarm Up In The Air
Call for debate ... then approval 16th January, 2021 By Mandy Squires, The Herald Sun Developers of a sprawling Gippsland windfarm with turbines among the tallest in the country have sought an independent panel to assess and approve the project. The proposed Delburn Wind Farm in the Strzelecki Ranges, to the south of the Latrobe … Continue reading Windfarm Up In The Air
Ryan Corner Wind Farm Transmission Line
"I think community sentiment has really changed in the past decade since these plans were made," Ms Glare said.
