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Australia’s biggest retailer and the owner of the country’s biggest coal generator has put out tenders for contractors and turbine suppliers for what will likely be the nation’s biggest wind farm once built.

Another wind farm is edging closer to reaching financial close – and breaking the country’s near year-long drought in new wind investments – after the federal government-owned Snowy Hydro stepped in to sign a long term off take deal.

The Philippines has launched the country’s first offshore wind-dedicated auction, with 3300MW up for grabs.

MILAN (Nov 25): Shell has signed a long-term deal to supply Ferrari with renewable energy until the end of 2034 to help the luxury carmaker to reduce carbon emissions, the oil and gas group said on Tuesday.

Siemens Gamesa will be partnering with an AI supercomputer to develop and optimise wind power technology. 

Denmark has opened tenders for three offshore wind sites totalling at least 2800MW, according to the Danish Energy Agency.

The COP31 climate meeting is now expected to be held in Turkey after Australia dropped its bid to host the annual event.

GE Vernova has secured its first onshore wind repower upgrade contract outside the United States with a deal to supply 25 repower upgrade kits to Taiwan Power Company, according to the company.

South Korea will phaseout coal by the 2040s with an announcement at COP30 that the largest two-way trading partner will be joining a 60-strong bloc of countries working to end use of the fossil fuel.

SunCable, the developer of what it says will be Australia’s largest solar and battery storage project, hopes to deliver the first power from its massive facility to industrial customers by the end of the decade.