{
  "id": 16987640,
  "title": "Wind projects drought threatens energy transition",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/wind-projects-drought-threatens-energy-transition",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T01:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/wind-projects-drought-threatens-energy-transition/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Over the past decade, taxpayers have heavily subsidised virtually every large-scale renewable project undertaken in Australia. To meet the federal government’s 82% renewable energy target (RET), Australia must retire most of its current coal fleet and replace it with about 6–7 GW of new large-scale renewable generation annually, along with several gigawatts of storage. However, The post Wind…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}