News & Media

Media coverage & recognition.

External coverage of Cogency-supported projects, industry recognition for our team, and the conversations we're part of across renewable energy, planning, and engagement.

2026

Media Coverage
10 Jun 2026energynews.pro

Gamuda Secures Australian Government Backing for 541 MW of Renewables in Tasmania

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — 541MW of Tasmanian renewables secure federal backing.

Media Coverage
10 Jun 2026

Malaysia giant buys solar and battery project in coal country, with eye on data centres

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — Gamuda's Central Tasmania acquisition explained.

Media Coverage
10 Jun 2026New Straits Times

Gamuda expands portfolio in Australia with another solar farm stake acquisition

Cellars Hill Wind Farm & Weasel Solar Farm — Gamuda expands its Tasmanian renewable stake.

Media Coverage
10 Jun 2026BusinessToday

Gamuda Expands Renewable Energy Portfolio With Victorian Solar And Battery Project

Weasel Solar Farm — part of Gamuda's expanding Victorian and Tasmanian portfolio.

Media Coverage
9 Jun 2026

Eku Energy submits 10-hour duration Griffith BESS to Australia's EPBC Act - Energy

Tramway Road BESS & Griffith BESS — Eku Energy's 10-hour battery referred under the EPBC Act.

Media Coverage
5 Jun 2026IndexBox

Victoria Approves AU$2.4 Billion in New Energy Projects Including 1,390 MW of Battery Storage

Glenrowan BESS & Tramway Road BESS — part of $2.4 billion in newly approved energy projects.

Media Coverage
5 Jun 2026

Australia's Victoria fast-tracks 1,390MW of battery storage Development Facilitation Program approval round - Energy

Tramway Road BESS — included in Victoria's fast-tracked battery storage approvals.

Media Coverage
2 Jun 2026

Tumut teen gets spark for career in Riverina's growing renewables industry

Bondo Wind Farm — local career pathways emerging from the renewables build-out.

Media Coverage
2 Jun 2026

Huge 10-hour battery attracts big wad of long distance objections, joins federal green queue

Griffith BESS — objections lodged as the project joins the federal approvals queue.

Media Coverage
1 Jun 2026Tasmanian Country

Cellars Hill Wind Farm and Weasel Plains Solar Farm gets federal funding

Cellars Hill Wind Farm & Weasel Solar Farm — federal CIS funding confirmed.

Media Coverage
30 May 2026Region Riverina

Amid the brawling over energy projects, is there a better path forwards for regional communities?

Bondo Wind Farm — regional communities navigate the energy transition.

Media Coverage
28 May 2026

AEMO and Transgrid approve Australia's first 8-hour BESS for full operations - Energy

Griffith BESS — coverage of Australia's long-duration battery storage progress.

Government
27 May 2026

Transcript: Interview with Leon Compton — ABC Hobart

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — radio transcript discussing CIS successful projects.

Media Coverage
26 May 2026

Successful CIS bid anchors Gamuda Renewables Central Tasmania Energy Portfolio

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — CIS Tender 7 win announced.

Media Coverage
25 May 2026Tumut & Adelong Times

Opposition group rallies against Bondo wind farm proposal

Bondo Wind Farm — community opposition group forms in response to the proposal.

Media Coverage
25 May 2026BusinessToday

Gamuda Secures Two RE Projects In Tasmania Under Australia CIS Programme

Cellars Hill Wind Farm & Weasel Solar Farm — Gamuda's two Tasmanian CIS wins.

Media Coverage
25 May 2026

Latest CIS tender to deliver 7.8GW of renewable energy

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — among the projects underpinning the CIS Tender 7 result.

Media Coverage
25 May 2026The Malaysian Reserve

Gamuda wins Australian government-backed renewable projects in Tasmania

Cellars Hill Wind Farm & Weasel Solar Farm — Gamuda secures government-backed revenue support.

Media Coverage
25 May 2026

Gamuda's Tasmania solar and wind projects win Australian govt support

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — 15-year revenue safety net secured through CIS Tender 7.

Media Coverage
25 May 2026

Gamuda's renewable energy projects in Tasmania secure 15-year government revenue support

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — government revenue certainty secured.

Media Coverage
23 May 2026

Australia Approves 7.8 GW Renewable Energy Capacity Under CIS Tender 7, Adding 7.9 GWh Battery Storage

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — part of the national CIS Tender 7 renewable energy haul.

Media Coverage
23 May 2026Mirage News

Funding Secured For Major Tasmanian Energy Project

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — CIS Tender 7 funding confirmed.

Government
23 May 2026

Renewables to power 4 million households backed by Albanese Government

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — CIS Tender 7 official announcement.

Media Coverage
22 May 2026Daily Advertiser

'Insulting offer': $1000 to view 70 wind turbines from your front door

Bondo Wind Farm — landholder compensation offer draws local criticism.

Media Coverage
15 May 2026

Iberdrola Australia submits 1GW battery storage system to the EPBC Act - Energy

Glenrowan BESS & Griffith BESS — Iberdrola's 1GW battery referred under the EPBC Act.

Media Coverage
15 May 2026SolarQuarter

InEight Customer Akaysha Energy Secures $460 Million Financing For Elaine BESS Project As Construction Officially Begins In Australia

Elaine BESS — $460 million financing secured as construction begins.

Media Coverage
14 May 2026

Developer of Australia's most powerful battery gets green light for new four-hour project

Glenrowan BESS — four-hour battery project cleared for construction.

Government
1 May 2026

Tragowel BESS Project Update & Fact Sheet

Tragowel BESS — fact sheet released following lodgement of planning permit.

Government
24 Mar 2026

Grid Consultancy Services for Bendigo BESS Project

Pacific Blue Bendigo BESS — public tender for grid connection studies.

Podcast
12 Mar 2026

What's the right way to consult with communities?

Solar Insiders Podcast — Camilla Hamilton on genuine engagement in the energy transition.

Government
6 Mar 2026

Ministerial Permit Register — Winton BESS

Winton BESS — public notice via Development Facilitation Program (Application PA2504110).

Government
25 Feb 2026

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — MPIS Progress Report

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — formal update on Major Project Impact Statement timeframes.

Media Coverage
24 Feb 2026

BESS won't harm environment, company assures

Gippsland BESS — community and environment concerns addressed ahead of development.

Media Coverage
9 Feb 2026

Another two big battery projects fast-tracked through state planning process

Glenrowan BESS & Heywood BESS — streamlined through Victoria's fast-track planning pathway.

Government
9 Feb 2026

Fast-Tracking Cleaner And Cheaper Energy

Glenrowan BESS & Heywood BESS — fast-tracked by the Premier of Victoria.

Media Coverage
7 Feb 2026

More than $9 billion in renewable energy projects fast-tracked in two years

Portland Energy Park, Tramway Road, Glenrowan & Heywood BESS among projects highlighted.

2025

Awards
28 Nov 2025

Camilla Hamilton awarded 2025 VIC Planning Champion commendation

Planning Institute of Australia — recognised for outstanding contribution to planning practice in Victoria.

Media Coverage
3 Nov 2025

Eku Energy wins development approval for 1200 MWh BESS in Victoria

Tramway Road BESS — major Victorian battery storage project receives development approval.

Media Coverage
3 Nov 2025

Victoria approves 2,200MWh of battery storage through streamlined pathway

Tramway Road BESS — part of a wave of Victorian battery approvals through the fast-track system.

Media Coverage
2 Nov 2025

Victoria fast-tracks approval of major solar battery hybrid project, and new big battery in Latrobe Valley

Tramway Road BESS — fast-tracked alongside Hazelwood Solar Farm through Victoria's planning system.

Media Coverage
22 Sep 2025

Pacific Green Achieves Planning Permit for 1GW / 2.5GWh Portland Energy Park

Portland Energy Park — major planning approval milestone for the 1GW offshore wind and storage project.

Media Coverage
21 Jul 2025

Local leadership, national impact: Weasel Solar Farm secures development approval

Weasel Solar Farm — landowner-led solar project in Tasmania's Central Highlands approved.

Media Coverage
8 Jul 2025

Victoria's next solar giant

Hazelwood Solar Farm — set to become one of Victoria's largest solar energy projects.

Government
18 Jun 2025

New solar farm in Tasmania to power 30,000 homes

Weasel Solar Farm — joint federal media release on approval for new Tasmanian solar project.

Media Coverage
1 Jun 2025

Rewire the rollout — go underground to win energy standoff

Syncline Community Cable — featured as a model for community-led transmission infrastructure.

Media Coverage
17 Apr 2025

Giant solar and battery project proposed for Tasmania's central highlands by local farming families

Weasel Solar Farm — farmer-led renewable energy proposal gaining national attention.

Media Coverage
21 Mar 2025

Major underground power transmission line proposed for western Victoria

Syncline Community Cable — alternative underground transmission model for regional Victoria.

Awards
12 Mar 2025

Rebecca Wardle awarded 2025 PIA Victorian Women in Planning Leadership Award

Planning Institute of Australia — recognised for leadership and contribution to planning in Victoria.

Media Coverage
10 Mar 2025

Local voices key to charging proposed Glenrowan BESS: MPs

Glenrowan BESS — community consultation and local parliamentary support in the spotlight.

Media Coverage
7 Mar 2025

Discover the future of energy storage near Glenrowan

Glenrowan BESS — regional coverage of the proposed battery energy storage system.

Government
7 Mar 2025

Cellars Hill Wind Farm included on National Renewable Energy Priority List

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — listed on Australia's National Renewable Energy Priority List.

Media Coverage
6 Mar 2025

Discover the future of energy storage near Glenrowan

Glenrowan BESS — regional coverage from the Cobram Courier.

Media Coverage
6 Mar 2025

Discover the future of energy storage near Glenrowan

Glenrowan BESS — local coverage from the Benalla Ensign.

Media Coverage
1 Mar 2025

Inside the underground cable push coming for Victorian farmland

Syncline Community Cable — underground transmission solution examined in Weekly Times.

Media Coverage
5 Feb 2025

Landowner-designed wind farm and huge battery in Tasmania snags major project status

Cellars Hill Wind Farm — awarded major project status by the Tasmanian government.

2024

Media Coverage
2 Dec 2024

Tasmania's biggest solar farm scores an agreement with Hydro Tasmania

Northern Midlands Solar Farm — ABC Radio segment on the landmark Hydro Tasmania agreement.

Media Coverage
2 Dec 2024

Tasmania to get $500m solar farm capable of powering 70,000 homes by 2027

Northern Midlands Solar Farm — major Tasmanian project gains coverage as timeline firms up.

Media Coverage
15 Oct 2024

Firm Power reveals plans for Kangaroo Valley Battery

Kangaroo Valley BESS — plans for a new battery storage system in the region.

Media Coverage
11 Sep 2024

Victoria's biggest solar farm cleared for construction in 'heart of the Latrobe Valley'

Hazelwood North Solar Farm — approved with major battery storage included.

Media Coverage
11 Sep 2024

Victoria approves 450-MW solar farm with four-hour battery

Hazelwood Solar Farm — 450MW solar with integrated battery storage approved.

Media Coverage
10 Sep 2024

Biggest and the best

Hazelwood Solar Farm — local coverage of Victoria's largest approved solar farm.

Media Coverage
9 Apr 2024

Solar farm at Yenda switched on to power Casella Family Brands

Casella Wines Solar Farm — makers of Yellowtail and Peter Lehmann wines power operations with Cogency-supported solar.

Media Coverage
8 Feb 2024

Local council approves Akaysha Energy's Tasmania BESS

Palmerston BESS — gains local council approval in streamlined planning process.

Media Coverage
31 Jan 2024

Wave of large-scale BESS planning, development and connections approvals for developers in Australia

Palmerston BESS & Elaine BESS — featured as part of a national wave of storage approvals.

Media Coverage
29 Jan 2024

Akaysha's 2hr Tasmania battery flies through approvals in months

Palmerston BESS & Elaine BESS — rapid approvals demonstrate efficient Cogency process.

2023

Media Coverage
1 Dec 2023

Tasmania's largest project approved by local council

Northern Midlands Solar Farm — receives local council approval, Tasmania's biggest solar project to date.

On the record

Podcasts, panels & public conversations.

27 May 2026

ABC Hobart — via Josh Wilson MP

Transcript: Interview with Leon Compton on CIS projects in Tasmania

Weasel Solar Farm & Cellars Hill Wind Farm — radio interview transcript.

12 Mar 2026

Solar Insiders Podcast — RenewEconomy

What's the right way to consult with communities?

Camilla Hamilton in conversation with Solar Insiders.

21 Mar 2025

ABC Rural

Major underground power transmission line proposed for western Victoria

Syncline Community Cable — radio and online coverage.

2 Dec 2024

ABC Radio — Tasmanian Country Hour

Tasmania's biggest solar farm scores an agreement with Hydro Tasmania

Northern Midlands Solar Farm — radio segment.

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