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75 turbines lead the wind parade

Jane Nicholls
June 27, 2017
It’s spinning enough energy to power the equivalent of 120,000 homes. It was the first wind-farm project signed after restoration of the renewable energy target (RET) in 2015. Its 75 GE 3.2-103 turbines add up to 240MW, making it the third-largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The clean slate: Summit drives renewable energy ideas

August 05, 2016
It was plug and play for the renewable energy community, at the Australian Clean Energy Summit 2016, held last week in Sydney.
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Financing a flourishing clean-energy industry

July 28, 2016
Power purchase agreements for renewable energy may be blowing in the wind, but Jason Willoughby, managing director of GE Energy Financial Services in Australia and New Zealand, proposes a fresh approach to getting wind-farm projects up and running, and acing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target.
Australia’s Renewable Energy Target, set in June last year, is a huge opportunity to deliver almost a quarter of our power needs, or 33,000 GWh, of renewable energy by 2020 in the lowest-cost, most reliable way.
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Wise words on wind energy

June 22, 2016
Izzie Pope took the stage after the premier, the minister, the deputy mayor and the chief operating officer. No disrespect to the heavy hitters, but it was the Year 12 student who delivered a beautifully considered speech to the hundreds in attendance at the Ararat Wind Farm Bring on the Blades celebration. A sound bite: “When the 46th anniversary of Earth Day was celebrated globally this year, Generation Z looked on in mild confusion, because we don’t need a special day for considering our environmental impact … every day is a day for sustainable living.”
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Ararat Wind Farm: bring on the blades!

June 22, 2016
The official ground-breaking for Ararat Wind Farm was only in November 2015, but construction is in full swing at the site, which stretches across prime wind positions atop Victoria’s Great Dividing Range and is set to be Australia’s third-largest wind farm, 180km north-west of Melbourne .
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Turbine blade puts fresh spin on renewable energy

June 22, 2016
When Victoria’s Labor Premier Daniel Andrews this week signed his name on the first GE wind-turbine blade to arrive for the Ararat Wind Farm, he also wrote on the gleaming fibreglass surface his government’s brand-new pledge to the Victorian people—to have the state running on 25% renewable energy by the year 2020, and to increase that to 40% renewable energy by the year 2025!
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Wind spins strong in Australia’s energy whirl

July 31, 2015
 

In this video, filmed in partnership with the Australian Financial Review for Australia’s Energy Future, Jason Willoughby, managing director, sales and project finance at GE Australia and New Zealand, discusses the part Australia’s renewable resources will play in our evolving energy mix.
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