Wind farm future
The Tasmanian government has been accused of using taxpayer funds to underwrite a wind farm in South Australia, while a project in Tasmania's north-east struggles.
View ArticleMusselroe wind farm resolution delayed
Tasmania's north-east community has vowed to fight for the future of a $480 million wind farm project.
View ArticleEnergy credits stall wind farm indefinitely
The company behind the Musselroe Bay wind farm is prepared to wait for a better federal Renewable Energy Credit system.
View ArticleFresh hope blows through wind farm
Changes to the Renewable Energy Target Scheme appear to be good news for the stalled Musselroe Bay windfarm in the state's north.
View ArticleLibs offer wind farm funding
The State Opposition wants to help secure finance for a $400 million wind farm in north-east Tasmania.
View ArticleSenate support for Tasmanian wind farm
The Senate has passed a motion calling on the Federal Government to act quickly to support the Musselroe Bay wind farm project in Tasmania's north east.
View ArticleConcern over windfarm delays
The mayor of Dorset in north east Tasmania is concerned that a wind farm in the region is being held up by a disagreement between Hydro and a Chinese company.
View ArticleResort plans fall through, land on market
Creditors have stepped in after planning approvals expired on a $180 million Tasmanian resort.
View ArticleSenator 'jumping the gun' on wind farm start
The company behind a $450 million wind farm project in north-eastern Tasmania has played down suggestions that work is set to begin within nine months.
View ArticleWind farm start brings job hopes
It is hoped more than a 100 jobs will be created during the construction of a wind farm in north-east Tasmania next year.
View ArticleBass Strait kayaking attempt
A group of adventurers is preparing to paddle across Bass Strait on ocean racing kayaks, setting out from Port Welshpool in Victoria later this week.
View ArticlePaddlers brave Bass Strait for new record
Seven Victorian adventurers have become the first group to paddle ocean-racing skis across Bass Strait.
View ArticleNorth-east deluge strands residents
Residents of Musselroe Bay in Tasmania's far north-east have been cut off by floodwaters.
View ArticleFlooding returns to north-east
Tasmania's north-east is dealing with floods and road closures for the third time this year.
View ArticleHydro selling wind farm
Hydro Tasmania wants to sell up to 75 per cent of its Woolnorth wind farm to help finance its long-awaited Musselroe Bay wind farm development.
View ArticleHydro wind farm to go ahead
Hydro Tasmania insists the Musselroe wind farm in the state's north-east can proceed without a joint venture partner.Work begins this month on the project which is set to create 200 jobs.
View ArticleWind farm plan risky, say Libs
The State Opposition is demanding Hydro Tasmania reveal the reason it is building the Musselroe wind farm without a joint venture partner.
View ArticleTurbine maker axes jobs
A Danish manufacturer of wind turbines says its shedding of more than 2,000 jobs will not affect construction of the Musselroe wind farm in Tasmania.
View ArticleMusselroe wind farm on track
Tasmania's Musselroe wind farm is on track to start generating power within nine months.
View ArticleUnion fears foreign workers taking wind farm jobs
Unions claim foreign workers will be brought in to build the Musselroe wind farm, denying local workers job opportunities.They say Hydro Tasmania should be looking locally to employ workers in such...
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