Vestas Wind Systems A/S and a group of renewable energy developers have proposed an up-to-6-GW wind and solar hybrid power plant in Australia

According to Vestas, the renewable energy companies have conducted feasibility studies, received a development license from the Western Australia government and hosted discussions with the Nyangumarta people, an Australian aboriginal tribal nation native to the country's northwest coast. They expect to have a financial investment decision by 2020.
"The Asian Renewable Energy Hub can compete over the long-term as a cost-effective means of supplying energy. It can also provide the foundation for a strong Indonesian renewable energy technology manufacturing hub, driving investment, job creation and a local value-added supply chain," the companies said in a statement.
The project will require a nearly 2,175-mile-long undersea cable route in order to export the electricity, Vestas spokesperson Andrew Hilton said in an email to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Prysmian, the world’s largest supplier of subsea power cables, and Swire Pacific Offshore, an offshore construction company, are working with the companies to develop and install the cables.
"Much like wind and solar, HVDC cable technology is advancing rapidly," Hilton said. "Running cables to transport electricity over long distances isn’t new, but longer distances are now in play."
Australia has historically been a big coal exporter, accounting for nearly one-third of the world's coal trade, but the government's renewable energy agency and the country's chief scientist, Alan Finkel, have suggested that clean electricity sources like energy storage could become a valuable export industry.
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The European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee voted Tuesday for more aggressive, binding targets to reduce energy consumption across the European Union
The new laws will follow the EU's 2020 renewable energy goals, which required the 28-country union to collectively increase the share of renewable energy in its energy consumption mix to 20% by that time.
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* Statoil ASA awarded Germany
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