Projects

  • Countrywide Hydrogen secures $8m funding to spearhead Tasmania's green hydrogen production

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    Countrywide Hydrogen secures $8m funding for green hydrogen production

    Countrywide Hydrogen, a subsidiary of ReNu Energy, has made a historic stride by becoming Tasmania's first major green hydrogen producer. This achievement comes on the heels of an $8 million funding agreemen... more

  • Queensland government doubles capacity of Stanwell battery

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    Queensland government doubles capacity of Stanwell battery

    The Queensland government is doubling down on its commitment to renewable energy by supercharging Stanwell’s Central Queensland battery energy storage system. This move is said to be part of the state's br... more

  • Gippsland Skies Offshore Wind project granted feasibility licence

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    Gippsland Skies Offshore Wind project granted feasibility licence

    Gippsland Skies Offshore Wind, a consortium including Mainstream Renewable Power, Reventus Power, AGL Energy, and DIRECT Infrastructure, has been awarded a feasibility licence by the Federal Minister for Climat... more

  • SCEE Electrical awarded $160m contract for Synergy's Collie battery

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    Synergy awards $160m contract for Collie battery project

    Synergy has awarded SCEE Electrical a $160 million contract to undertake crucial works for the Collie Battery Energy Storage System (CBESS1) in Western Australia. The Collie battery, with a capacity of 500 m... more

  • Countrywide Hydrogen secures $8m funding for green hydrogen production
    15 May, 2024
  • Queensland government doubles capacity of Stanwell battery
    14 May, 2024
  • Gippsland Skies Offshore Wind project granted feasibility licence
    09 May, 2024
  • Synergy awards $160m contract for Collie battery project
    03 May, 2024
Kwinana

Work begins on second Kwinana big battery

Construction has started on Western Australia's second grid-scale battery energy storage system in Kwinana, to help deliver cleaner, reliable and affordable energy for the future. The WA government has allocated $625 million for Kwinana Battery Stage Two, which will comprise 288 shipping container-sized battery modules and will feature 72 inverter units. These inverters use new-generation technology to support grid stability by storing electricity when demand is lowest and delivering it back into the grid during peak times. More than 160 jobs will be created during the construction of the second big bat... more
Genex

Genex enters into agreements to secure its renewable energy projects

Genex Power Limited has entered into a series of agreements with Electric Power Development Co., Ltd and one of its subsidiaries, JPGA Partners Pty Ltd (together, J-POWER) worth $44.5 million which will support its renewable energy projects. The funds will replenish the contingency for the 250MW/2,000MWh Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project (K2-Hydro), the development of the multi-stage up to 2GW Bulli Creek Solar and Battery Project (BCP) and for general working capital. Following the water ingress event at K2-Hydro and associated cost impacts announced in November last year, the funding will be mainly ut... more
Bouldercombe

Genex achieves energisation of Bouldercombe Battery Project

Genex Power Limited has achieved energisation for the 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe Battery Project (BBP), located near Rockhampton, Queensland. The milestone enables the project to begin the commissioning phase ahead of full operations commencing. Genex partners Powerlink, Consolidated Power Projects and Tesla Motors Australia Pty Ltd have concluded the tasks required to allow the commissioning phase of the project to commence, including successful energisation of the Powerlink transformer and high voltage balance of plant components and initial energisation of the Megapack units. The commissioning phase will... more
Community

Community batteries on the way for Victoria

Four new community batteries will store renewable energy – generated from rooftop solar – for use by hundreds of residents living in Alphington, Bellfield, Coburg and Flemington in Victoria. Jemena Electricity Networks has been awarded up to $2 million in funding to deliver the community batteries through the Australian Government’s Community Batteries for Household Solar Program. The community batteries will store excess power generated from rooftop solar during the day and will make it available to the wider community during peak times at night. This means that all customers connected to the local ... more
Australian households could save significantly on bills

Australian households could save significantly on water and energy bills

An in-depth review of over 20,000 Melbourne households revealed significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy consumption, and associated costs that may be lowered through greater water efficiency. Water use in Melbourne houses accounts for 3.8 per cent of GHG emissions, which is comparable to total domestic and international travel in Australia. Researchers from Monash University and The University of Queensland have indicated that a Melbourne-wide program entailing a simple shower head retrofit could reduce customer bills by $160 and lower GHG emissions by between 98 and 226 kilo-tonnes per year, wh... more

Transforming wastewater treatment for a greener Victoria

Wastewater treatment in Melbourne’s west is about to be transformed thanks to a $711 million investment to modernise the plant to ensure the health and sanitation needs of Victoria’s growing population are met for generations to come. VIC Minister for Water Harriet Shing recently announced the start of works on a new Resource Recovery and Re-Use Complex — the first major milestone in the modernisation of the Western Treatment Plant. “Innovation and efficiency in wastewater treatment has enabled Victoria to lead in adaptation to climate change, our circular economy and delivering large-scale improve... more

Hybrid design revealed as lowest carbon footprint for new Kyklos building in Luxembourg

UNStudio, with local partner HYP Architects, were recently announced by the Atenor, Arhs group and Agora Luxembourg as the winners in the competition for the design of the Kyklos building in Belval, Luxembourg, and have found a hybrid steel-concrete design would provide the lowest carbon footprint. Belval is a redevelopment project that has successfully transformed an old industrial site in Luxembourg into an urban centre that now houses a university and technological centre, residential and office spaces, in addition to hotels and retail. The Kyklos building will be the last building to shape the Central Squ... more
Adaptive reuse saves up to 400 rail cars full of coal - Morris Moor

Building’s adaptive reuse saves on embodied carbon

The 1960s industrial precinct formerly owned by Philip Morris has been sustainably transformed into a $200 million commercial community, the adaptive reuse process included the retainment of the existing structure throughout the build. This has resulted in savings to date of 19 million kilograms of embodied carbon — which is the equivalent of 400 rail cars full of coal. After the completion of Building 4, the project’s builder — Kapitol Group — delivered a construction program in which these embodied carbon savings contributed to the developer’s overall goal for the site to increase energy effici... more
hydrogen

New hydrogen generation project in Western Australia 

A new green hydrogen project being developed in the Mid-West region of Western Australia will scale up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electrolyser capacity.  MercurHy is an export scale project which aims to supply green hydrogen whilst leveraging economies of scale, particularly regarding the supply and purchase of renewable energy. Investor engagement is underway as Xodus targets equity funding for the project from experienced capital and infrastructure partners interested in commercial green hydrogen progressing. The project provides for a total electrolyser capacity of 1,000MW being installed over three ... more

Partners to explore development of green hydrogen facility in Indonesia

Renewable hydrogen project developer Countrywide Hydrogen has announced a collaboration to explore the development of a green hydrogen facility in Indonesia, to supply green hydrogen to Indonesia and, once local demand is met, to export to other countries in the Asia region and potentially Europe. Countrywide has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore based Anantara Energy (a joint venture between German solar energy company ib vogt and Quantum Power Asia, the developer of a 3.5 GW PV 12 GWh BESS project based in Riau Archipelago) to jointly conduct a study for the supply of green hydrogen... more

Countrywide Hydrogen and Launceston Airport to explore renewable hydrogen

Renewable hydrogen project developer Countrywide Hydrogen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Launceston Airport (APAL) to explore the development of a multi-purpose renewable hydrogen project at Launceston Airport. Countrywide, a fully owned subsidiary of ASX-listed ReNu Energy Ltd (ASX:RNE), will investigate the feasibility of using solar power to produce hydrogen as an alternate to grid connected renewable power. The solar array would be installed on vacant airport land to provide behind-the-meter electricity. Hydrogen could then be produced using an up to 5MW electrolyser – the system ... more

Group of companies signs green hydrogen and ammonia agreement

Pertamina Power Indonesia (Pertamina NRE), Keppel Infrastructure, through Keppel New Energy Pte. Ltd., and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), through Chevron New Energies International Pte. Ltd. (Chevron New Energies), have signed a Joint Study Agreement (JSA) to explore the development of selected green hydrogen and green ammonia projects using renewable energy located primarily in Sumatera, Indonesia. The signing of the JSA took place at the Business 20 (B20) Investment Forum held in conjunction with the B20 Summit in Bali. B20 is an official G20 engagement group that represents the global business communi... more