Latest renewable energy news

Renewable energy is a mainstream issue as the Victorian election campaign officially begins. The writs have been signed and the state is now in caretaker mode.

Premier Denis Napthine.

Liberal candidate for the hotly-contested seat of Macedon, Donna Petrovich, has shifted her position on wind energy as a result of a community campaign. The move could signal a shift on wind energy policy from...

The 400-strong People’s Climate March in Kyneton, 21 September.

The discrediting of wind technology can come in all shapes and forms. From the treasurer, the PM and various conservative think tanks we often see a spin relating to the appearance productivity and overall safety...

Macedon Ranges residents ‘ride for renewables’, visit the site of what could be Victoria’s next community wind farm.

The Castlemaine Show this year (31 October-1 November) will have two very special stalls of interest to farmers, with displays on renewable energy and soil improvement.

Keppel Prince wind worker ‘Grub’, a proud wind worker.

Community power: ‘Gusto’, one of Hepburn Wind’s turbines.

Following the closure of a number of nuclear reactors and a fire at the Didcot B  power station in the UK, questions have arisen over energy supply. With wind accounting for more than 24%...