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The share of renewable energy hit a new record high share of 76.4 per cent of electricity demand on Australia’s main grid on Monday afternoon, beating a record that had stood since last November and setting the scene for cascading records this spring.

A 1GW wind farm in the Western Cape has become the largest permitted wind energy project in South Africa.

Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system developed by Polar Night Energy.

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), recently conducted a site visit to Phase Six of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is planned to deliver 1.8GW of new solar capacity under the independent power producer (IPP) model.

The Trump administration has signalled its intention to target a second wind farm in as many weeks, this time going after Iberdrola’s up-to 2600MW New England 1 and 2 arrays.

Enercon has announced a repositioning of its business, with a stronger focus on wind turbines and integrated solutions for hybrid power plants. The company’s current product portfolio is centred on the E-175 EP5, its latest large onshore turbine, alongside a range of modular services and solutions that can be combined to support green energy projects.

Australia’s wind energy developers may well be struggling to land finance for their projects, but it does not seem to be a problem for developers of big battery storage projects.

The Philippines-based renewable and energy storage developer Acen Australia has scored its second major win in under a week, after receiving federal environmental approval for its 943 megawatt (MW) Valley of the Winds project in New South Wales.

SPIE Wind Connect has been awarded a contract for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at a 300MW offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

Woolnorth Renewables has been granted state planning permission for a 400MW wind farm in Victoria, Australia.