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The combined wind output from the nearly 100 wind farms operating on Australia’s main grid burst through the 10 gigawatt barrier for the first time on Friday, setting a new peak of 10.16 gigawatts (GW) at 9.10 pm.

A consortium of companies led by Spanish renewable energy heavyweight Iberdrola and another involving Acciona are among six contenders pitching for selection as the network operator for the proposed New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in northern NSW.

Saipem and Subsea7 have entered into a binding merger agreement, in line with terms first tabled earlier this year.

China may be on the verge of installing a world-first 25-megawatt (MW) wind turbine soon, following the announcement last week of a delivery of giant flanges for just such a project.

Irish developer DP Energy is planning to build a 1400MW wind farm and 500MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Australia.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has reported a near doubling in completed wind, solar and battery projects in the last financial year to a new record high, following a surge of completions in the latest quarter.

India added a record 22GW of renewable energy capacity in the first half of 2025 – but is still relying too heavily on fossil fuels, according to Rystad Energy.

Orsted has installed and energised the first offshore export cable system for the 920MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan.

Princeton Digital Group (PDG), the Singapore-based data centre operator, announced that it has secured a $1.3 billion investment commitment from US infrastructure and real estate investment firm Stonepeak.

Australia’s biggest off-grid renewable energy projects, being developed to power a gold mine site in a remote region of Western Australia, has marked a “pivotal moment,” with the concrete foundations for its seven wind turbines all now in place.