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
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Mega Southern Ocean Wind Farm
27th June, 2023 By Bianca Hall, SMH Source: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/there-she-blows-mega-southern-ocean-wind-farm-zone-unveiled-20230627-p5djtu.html There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled About 200 kilometres of Southern Ocean coastline could be unlocked to become an offshore wind farm zone stretching from Warrnambool in Victoria to Port MacDonnell in South Australia – potentially creating 3000 ongoing jobs in the … Continue reading Mega Southern Ocean Wind Farm
Proposed $200 Million ‘Victorian Big Battery’ for Moorabool
"This is not justified on the basis of reliability," Grattan Institute energy director Tony Wood said.
State Imports Energy As Prices Skyrocket.
POWER companies in Victoria are being forced to pay five times as much for electricity as they did three years ago and are now reliant on other states to keep the lights on.
The Herald Sun can reveal Victoria flipped to taking more electricity from the rest of the country than it was exporting for the first time in 2018-19. It is also now a net importer along with South Australia — a state that has had some of the highest wholesale energy prices in the world in recent years.
Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor said he feared Victoria would face more blackouts this summer.
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