Projects

  • 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

  • ### **WA schools virtual power plant project reaches milestone**

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    WA school virtual power plant project reaches milestone

    The Western Australian government's Schools Virtual Power Plant (VPP) project has reached a significant milestone, with the installation of VPP technology at schools in Geraldton and Kalbarri. VPPs are netwo... more

  • Hiringa Energy launches Australasia's first zero-emission green hydrogen refuelling network

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    Hiringa Energy launches zero-emission green hydrogen refuelling network

    Hiringa Energy (Hiringa), a green hydrogen company, has partnered with investors and partners to launch Australasia's first zero-emission green hydrogen refuelling network. The Hiringa Refuelling New Zealand... more

  • Qld researcher awarded fellowship to enhance rail energy efficiency

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    Researcher awarded grant to enhance QLD’s rail energy efficiency

    Dr Qing Wu, a leading researcher at CQUniversity's Centre for Railway Engineering, has been awarded an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship worth $360,000 over three years by the Queensland governmen... more

  • Synergy awards $160m contract for Collie battery project
    03 May, 2024
  • WA school virtual power plant project reaches milestone
    30 Apr, 2024
  • Hiringa Energy launches zero-emission green hydrogen refuelling network
    30 Apr, 2024
  • Researcher awarded grant to enhance QLD’s rail energy efficiency
    29 Apr, 2024
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
Broome

Major solar panel system installed at Broome Senior High School

The installation of the largest rooftop solar powered system under the Government of Western Australia’s Solar Schools program for regional and remote schools has been completed. Broome Senior High School’s new system consists of 499 solar panels which are estimated to save the school approximately $350,000 in electricity costs each year. The massive $1.3 million installation is located on five of the school's roofs and will use 12 inverters. The installation includes a solar web tool, which allows for real time monitoring. This will enable students to engage with the technology and link this to the... 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
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

Consortium greenlights green energy corridor between Queensland and Korea

Three of Korea’s largest conglomerate groups have formed a powerful new Consortium in Queensland to unlock the State’s hydrogen potential and build a green energy export corridor, connecting North Queensland to north-east Asia. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today observed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to officially launch the Han-Ho Hydrogen Consortium which would develop a supply chain to export more than 1 million tonnes of green ammonia per annum from Australia to Korea by 2032. The Consortium consists of Australian-based Ark Energy and its parent company Korea Zinc, as well ... more
hydrogen

Australia’s first large scale hydrogen plant to be built in Pilbara

One of the world’s largest renewable hydrogen plants is due to be built in the Pilbara, after the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) conditionally approved $47.5 million towards ENGIE’s renewable hydrogen and ammonia project near Karratha in Western Australia. The $87 million Yuri project includes a 10 megawatt (MW) electrolyser to produce renewable hydrogen, 18 MW solar PV system to power the electrolyser and 8 MW / 5 MWh lithium-ion battery for firming, and will supply hydrogen and electricity to Yara Pilbara Fertilisers at its neighbouring liquid ammonia facility. Once completed, the project wi... more