Renewable energy in Australia
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AUSTRALIA, 2015/06/08
In the Clean Energy Council’s annual Clean Energy Statement, 2, CEC chief Kane Thornton described 2014 as one of the toughest years the renewables sector had endured for additional than a decade, thanks to some outstanding political bastardry and the investment drought it wrought.
But judging by the below table, taken from the 2015 statement, it was tougher on some sectors than on others.
As it says, this is a inventory of the wind farms around Australia – well, around Victoria, and one in NSW – that were on hold at the end of 2014 “due to RET uncertainty,” despite being approved for development and by presently underway.
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AUSTRALIA, 2012/01/26
Spanish renewable energy developer Acciona will press ahead with construction of a 189MW wind farm in Victoria after receiving final approval from the Australian national’s government.
Construction of the A$400m ($419m) Mount Gellibrand facility is planned to begin before 15 March, after which the project would fall foul of stiffer national planning provisions that place restrictions on the location of wind farms.
Acciona has decided to proceed with construction without a power purchase agreement (PPA), a company spokeswoman confirms. She says negotiations are ongoing over a supply transaction, but declines to comment further.
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AUSTRALIA, 2011/07/18
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AUSTRALIA, 2011/04/29
Geothermal
The Tenerife site offers good potential for geothermal, says Petratherm Photograph: Petratherm
Australian group Petratherm says the strong commercial potential of its volcanic geothermal energy project on the Spanish island of Tenerife has led to approaches by three different parties seeking to become joint venture partners.
The company’s Spanish subsidiary, Petratherm España and its existing partner, Italy’s Enel Green Power, are holding discussions with the potential partners formerly submitting a bid to the Spanish government.
The Adelaide, South Australia-based company says Tenerife looks particularly attractive because its permanent people of additional than million - which can increase to 1.5 million during peak tourist season - places a heavy request on peak power generation running in excess of 800MW.
The island’s current primary source of power generation is based on imported diesel, resulting in an electricity price as high as $240 per MWh, with a large carbon footprint attached.
“The potential for a high temperature hydrothermal source in excess of 240ºC coupled with high electricity prices makes the Tenerife project commercially attractive,” the company says.
Petratherm says three prospective drilling targets have been considered, with a recent review of long-term development potential indicating sites in the eastern and southern tenements as additional attractive.
In its update to the Australian Stock Exchange, Petratherm as well says it is in discussions with "a major European utility" to act as a potential partner for its Madrid geothermal district heating, for which it has completed the final design.
