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Construction has begun on Tilt Renewables’ massive Rye Park wind farm in New South Wales, the biggest wind project in the state to date, using what will be the biggest wind turbines in Australia.

The NSW planning department has cleared the way for the Morrison government’s planned 660MW gas generator in the Hunter region, granting the project planning approval.

Victoria is facing an energy supply crunch, with two coal-fired power stations that provide half of the state’s electricity expected to shut down in just over a decade.

A record low for the carbon intensity of power generation in the national grid has underscored the rapid decarbonisation of the electricity system as booming rooftop solar and increasing numbers of large-scale wind and solar farms force the retreat of coal power.

Companies voluntarily buying up carbon offsets amid a flurry of pledges to hit net zero emissions by 2050 have pushed up Australia’s official carbon price by 180 per cent over the past year.

AEMO Services has unveiled its proposed development pathway for New South Wales’ ambitious electricity roadmap, setting a multi-decade long transformation plan that will see renewables and storage replace the state’s ageing coal fleet.

Chinese hackers came within minutes of shutting down a series of power stations capable of lighting three million homes in a sneak cyber attack of a sort experts warn are becoming increasingly common – and which could be used to limit Australia’s ability to respond to a military crisis in the future.

People in regional Queensland are facing higher power bills as the state’s wholesale electricity price jumps to the highest in the country, an energy consumer group has warned.

Andrew Forrest is taking his hydrogen crusade into the heart of New South Wales coal country, with his Fortescue Future Industries set to play a role in transformation of AGL Energy’s Liddell plant into a green energy hub.

Alinta Energy has proposed a giant $4bn offshore wind farm that could supply Victoria’s Portland aluminium smelter and the broader east coast grid, one of the biggest bets yet on the renewable technology attracting support from big name investors.