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  • Wind cheaper than coal: Bloomberg

    February 8, 2013 - no Comments

    The price of generating wind power in Australia, even without subsidies, is lower than the price of power generated from newly-built coal and gas-fired power plants according to a research

  • Origin abandons Stockyard Hill sale

    January 18, 2013 - no Comments

    Origin Energy has announced they will keep the proposed 157 turbine Stockyard Hill wind farm and not go ahead with a sale to potential investors from the US, China and

  • Some good news for Windflow

    January 18, 2013 - no Comments

    New Zealand’s Windflow Technology Ltd has announced some rare good news, with receipt of their first royalty payment from US-based Dynamics Satcom Technologies under an agreement made between the companies

  • Flinders Island wants 100 percent renewable

    December 18, 2012 - no Comments

    Flinders Island off the north-eastern tip of Tasmania is planning to produce 100 per cent of its power from renewable energy sources. Flinders Island already has a privately run turbine

  • Wind farm for King Island

    November 28, 2012 - no Comments

    Hydro Tasmania has announced plans to build a 200 turbine wind farm project on King Island. According to King Island Mayor Greg Barratt, the proposed wind farm is destined for

  • Wind needs a stiff breeze

    November 21, 2012 - no Comments

    Growth in the wind energy industry could slow worldwide in the next few years with a recovery not anticipated until after 2020. A report by the Global Wind Energy Council

  • Windflow ships turbine, but still in trouble

    October 19, 2012 - no Comments

    Troubled New Zealand wind turbine manufacturer Windflow Technology has shipped the company’s first exported wind turbine blades bound for Scotland’s Orkney Islands and the nacelle (body) is packed and primed

  • Council takes RATCH to court over turbine noise

    August 8, 2012 - no Comments

    Tablelands Regional Council in Queensland has voted to start legal proceedings against RATCH Australia over claims that it has failed to comply with noise monitoring conditions at the Windy Hill

  • Bullish predictions for NZ wind

    June 15, 2012 - no Comments

    A report by Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) has suggested that by 2030, wind farms could contribute $156 million a year to the NZ economy, support up to 1400

  • NZ power on low this week

    May 4, 2012 - no Comments

    Problems at Contact Energy’s Stratford Power Station and a lack of wind for wind generation forced NZ to send hydro generated power from the South to North Islands this week.