Allen discusses Australia's 'Marinus Link' power grid connection, a $990 million wind and battery project by Acciona, and the Bank of Ireland's major green investment in East Anglia Three. Plus Ørsted's strategic changes and Germany's initiative to reduce dependency on Chinese permanent magnets.



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Good day, this is your friend with a look at the winds of change sweeping across our world. From the waters around Australia to the boardrooms of Europe, the clean energy revolution is picking up speed. These aren't just stories about wind turbines and power cables. They're stories about nations and companies making billion dollar bets on a cleaner tomorrow.



There's good news from Down Under today. Australia and Tasmania are officially connecting their power grids with a massive underwater cable project called the Marinus Link.



The project just got final approval from shareholders including the Commonwealth of Australia, the State of Tasmania, and the State of Victoria. Construction begins in twenty twenty six, with completion set for twenty thirty.



This isn't just any cable. When finished, it will help deliver clean renewable energy from Tasmania to millions of homes on the mainland. The project promises to reduce electricity prices for consumers across the region.



Stephanie McGregor, the project's chief executive, says this will change the course of a nation. She's right. When you connect clean energy sources across vast distances, everyone wins.



The Marinus Link will cement Australia's position as a leader in the global energy transition. But this is just the beginning of our story from the land Down Under.



Here's a story about big money backing clean energy. Spanish renewable developer Acciona is moving forward with a nine hundred ninety million dollar wind and battery project in central Victoria, Australia.



The Tall Tree project will include fifty three wind turbines and a massive battery storage system. Construction starts in twenty twenty seven, with operations beginning in twenty twenty nine.



But here's what makes this special. The project has been carefully designed to protect local wildlife. Acciona surveyed eighty two threatened plant species and fifty six animal species near the site. They've already reduced the project footprint by more than twenty four square kilometers to protect high value vegetation areas.



This massive investment will create construction jobs and long term maintenance positions in the region. It will also provide clean electricity to power hundreds of thousands of homes while reducing reliance on fossil fuels.



When companies invest nearly a billion dollars in clean energy, they're betting on a cleaner future. And Australia isn't the only place where that smart money is flowing.



The Bank of Ireland is making headlines today with its largest green investment ever. The bank has committed eighty million pounds to East Anglia Three, an offshore wind farm that will become the world's second largest when it begins operating next year.



Located seventy miles off England's east coast, East Anglia Three will generate enough clean electricity to power more than one point three million homes.



John Feeney, chief executive of the bank's corporate division, calls this exactly the kind of transformative investment that drives innovation and accelerates the energy transition.



This follows the bank's earlier ninety eight million pound commitment to Inch Cape wind farm off Scotland's coast. The Bank of Ireland has set a target of thirty billion euros in sustai...