NSW Government
Coal
Governments
NSW Government
Vales Point coal plant fined just $30,000 for dumping toxic pollution
Vales Point coal plant, which is to get $8.7m of taxpayers money to fund upgrades, fined just $30,000 for breaches of rules regarding dumping of toxic materials.
Governments
NSW Government
Pumped Hydro
Storage
NSW fast-tracks $1B Oven Mountain pumped-hydro project
NSW government fast-tracks planning approvals for 600MW Oven Mountain pumped hydro project with Critical State Significant Infrastructure designation.
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Governments
NSW Government
Renewables
Solar
South Australian Government
Storage
Wind
More renewables, less gas: South Australia turns energy debate upside down
South Australia government and transmission companies say benefits of more wind and solar, and less gas, will more than offset ballooning costs of new link to NSW.
Governments
News & Commentary
NSW Government
Solar
NSW, the sleeping giant of rooftop solar, is about to awake
NSW is expected to overtake Queensland as biggest market for rooftop solar and will have 50 per cent more capacity than any other state by the mid-2030s.
NSW says three regional energy zones could host 77,000MW of wind and solar capacity - enough to meet demands of modern energy system.
CleanTech Bites
Energy Markets
Governments
NSW Government
Solar
NSW solar tariff cut – reward for slashing power price peaks
NSW pricing regulator flags a cut to state's solar feed-in tariff, linked to fall in wholesale power prices rooftop solar helped deliver.
Battery storage
CleanTech Bites
Governments
NSW Government
Onestep
Renewables
Solar
Sydney Markets takes rooftop solar to massive 3MW – maybe more to come
Sydney Markets adds another 2.2MW PV array to take total rooftop solar capacity to more than 3MW, says there’s room to go bigger.
Climate
Governments
NSW Government
Press Releases
Renewables
Office and tourism sectors join climate change battle
Following its success with Sydney’s major commercial landlords, the City is now enlisting the office, accommodation and entertainment sectors in the battle to slash carbon emissions.
News & Commentary
NSW Government
one step
Solar
Solar PPA partners named in potential 10MW NSW PV rollout
NSW govt set to roll out solar across its buildings and infrastructure after selection of five “prequalified, carefully vetted” solar PPA suppliers.
CleanTech Bites
Governments
NSW Government
Renewables
Downsized NSW wind farm rejected, again, by state planning department
Proposed 54-turbine Jupiter Wind Farm rejected again by state planners, as “fundamentally unsuitable” for site and surrounds.