Renewable Energy Development

The first geothermal power plant in the UK is being planned for development in Cornwall using hot rocks. The Cornwall Geothermal Project will be constructed by EGS Energy, a renewable power company focused on engineered geothermal power and will use granite outcrops near the earth’s surface for the heat to generate electricity.
This geothermal power plant [...]

Plans have been submitted by Origin Energy for a new wind farm, to be called Stockyard Hill Wind Farm, to the west of Ballarat. The wind farm proposal is for a 242-turbine wind farm to be constructed on land encompassing the area about 5km south of Beaufort, south to 4km north of Skipton, centred around [...]