Victorian government MP, Andrew Katos, has publicly questioned the Napthine government’s anti-wind farm laws just weeks out from the state election. The move signals growing tension amid Liberal ranks about the controversial policy.

Mandating the use of fossil fuels for energy production seems to deeply contradict the ideals that many Victorian communities hold. Limiting the potential of clean energy production seems to be a world first as no other country has wound back a renewable energy target, as Ketan Joshi writes.

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 Napthine government.

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 of the technology. This piece is by Ketan Joshi. 

Macedon Ranges residents ‘ride for renewables’,

visit the site of what could be Victoria’s next community wind farm.

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% of the power share in the UK, there is confidence wind energy can easily fill a future supply gap.