Projects

  • Joint Venture SiliconAurora secures access to ElectraNet transmission line

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    JV SiliconAurora secures access to ElectraNet transmission line

    1414 Degrees Ltd (14D) has announced that its joint venture, SiliconAurora Pty Ltd (SiliconAurora), has entered into a term sheet with Vast Solar 1 Pty Ltd (Vast Solar) and OZ Minerals Services Pty Ltd (OZM) â€... more

  • Construction to begin on Qld's largest battery energy storage system

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    Construction to begin on Queensland’s largest BESS

    Construction is set to commence on stage one of Quinbrook's 'Supernode' project at Brendale, which will include the construction of one of Queensland's largest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The BESS... more

  • $500m Aldoga Solar Farm to drive renewable energy and jobs boom

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    Aldoga Solar Farm to drive renewable energy and jobs boom

    Queensland is set to solidify its position as a leader in renewable energy with the commencement of construction on the Aldoga Solar Farm, a massive $500 million project located near Gladstone. This initiati... more

  • Fortescue’s Gladstone hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing facility opens

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    Fortescue’s Gladstone hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing facility opens

    Gladstone and Queensland are solidifying their positions as global leaders in clean economy manufacturing — particularly in hydrogen and renewable energy — with the inauguration of a significant hydrogen in... more

  • JV SiliconAurora secures access to ElectraNet transmission line
    22 Apr, 2024
  • Construction to begin on Queensland’s largest BESS
    18 Apr, 2024
  • Aldoga Solar Farm to drive renewable energy and jobs boom
    15 Apr, 2024
  • Fortescue’s Gladstone hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing facility opens
    15 Apr, 2024
UGL

UGL selected to construct 35-megawatt battery for Alinta Energy

CIMIC Group’s UGL has been selected to install a 35-megawatt one-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Port Hedland, Western Australia for Alinta Energy. UGL will be responsible for the design, testing and commissioning of the BESS, which consists of a battery storage and power conditioning system at the Port Hedland Power Station. UGL will also be responsible for an extension to the existing high voltage infrastructure for connection of the BESS. CIMIC Executive Chairman Juan Santamaria said: “We are pleased to deliver our experience to this growth project – a major energy storage... more
K2-Hydro

Kidston pumped hydro on track for energisation in 2024

Genex Power Limited (ASX:GNX) is continuing construction activities at the 250 megawatt/2,000 megawatt-hour Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project, which remains on track for energisation in the second half of 2024. Following continued excavation works in favourable ground conditions, the powerhouse cavern roof has now been fully excavated. The focus of works is now on a program of rock bolting and shotcreting the wall structures before the works will step down to commence the first bench excavation. Concurrently, works for excavation of the construction adits and Main Access Tunnel continue to progress a... more
Vast

Vast unveils potential investor in world-first solar methanol project

Vast Solar Pty Ltd has executed a letter of intent (LOI) with German energy company Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG for potential offtake and equity investment in Solar Methanol 1 (SM1), a world-first green methanol demonstration plant. Vast is a concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) technology and project developer, creating energy systems that generate green, dispatchable utility-scale electricity and industrial process heat. SM1 will be partly-powered by dispatchable electricity and heat from VS1, Vast’s 30MW / 288 MWh CSP project co-located with SM1 in Port Augusta, South Australia. Mabanaft is active in... more
big battery

WA’s first big battery ready, with bigger battery on the way

Western Australia has achieved an important milestone, with the state's first large-scale battery storage system, Synergy's Big Battery, ready to charge and discharge energy into the grid. It comes as the 2023-24 State Budget confirmed an additional $3 billion investment towards tackling climate change and future-proofing WA's energy system. Through Synergy, the Government of Western Australia has delivered the 100 megawatt/200 megawatt-hour battery at Kwinana, which can store enough energy in reserve to power 160,000 homes for up to two hours. The system, which involved more than 200 jobs in constructi... 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
Torrens

Partners to investigate thermal energy storage at Torrens Island

AGL Energy and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced a feasibility study to investigate the viability of using a thermal battery to power a steam turbine at AGL’s Torrens Island Power Station in South Australia. The $1.01 million thermal battery feasibility study – one of the first of its kind in Australia – will be led by AGL and supported by ARENA through a $422,582 grant. The study will research whether a thermal battery can power a 200 MW generating unit at Torrens B Power Station for eight hours, reducing the station’s reliance on gas and lowering costs and emissions. I... more
hydrogen and ammonia

Consortium pursues hydrogen and ammonia project in the US

Air Liquide, Chevron Corporation, LyondellBasell, and Uniper SE have announced their intent to collaborate on a joint study that will evaluate and potentially advance the development of a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The facility could support industrial decarbonisation and mobility applications in the region and expand clean ammonia exports, helping to increase the supply of lower carbon power internationally. The proposed project to be studied is intended to cover the end-to-end, energy value chain, utilising each participant’s technical expertise in production, oper... more
H2OK

Woodside Energy awards contract for H2OK

Woodside Energy has awarded Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, a contract for the alkaline electrolyser equipment for H2OK, its proposed hydrogen project in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Woodside Executive Vice President New Energy Shaun Gregory said the contract award was an important step forward for H2OK, which would be Woodside’s first hydrogen project globally. “The signing of the alkaline electrolyser contract is progress toward Woodside realising its ambition to build a New Energy business in the United States. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the drive to accelerate the... more
CF Industries

CF Industries announces landmark emissions-reduction project

CF Industries, a manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, has entered into the largest-of-its-kind commercial agreement with ExxonMobil to capture and permanently store up to two million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions annually from its manufacturing complex in Louisiana. Start-up for the project is scheduled for early 2025 and supports Louisiana’s objective of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. CF Industries is investing $200 million to build a CO2 dehydration and compression unit at its Donaldsonville, Louisiana, facility to enable captured CO2 to be transported and stored. ExxonMobil will then transpo... more