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
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

Squadron Energy opens Bango Wind Farm, powering 144,000 homes

Squadron Energy, a Tattarang Group company, has officially opened Bango Wind Farm, one of the largest wind farms in New South Wales, as the company’s 20 gigawatt (GW) pipeline of renewables gears up. Bango Wind Farm’s 46 turbines are now fully operational and generating clean, renewable energy, marking the first renewable project to move into operations since Squadron Energy purchased CWP Renewables in December. The wind farm will generate enough electricity to power 144,000 homes and prevent 543,000 tonnes of carbon emissions being released into the atmosphere annually. It will also play a crucial... more

NSW energy projects to deliver electricity to power 700,000 homes

The successful projects from AEMO Services’ first competitive tender have been announced, with NSW consumers set to benefit from some of the lowest prices ever secured through similar tender processes in Australia. The projects, selected as part of the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, will help accelerate a new wave of electricity infrastructure that will power NSW businesses and households over the coming decades following the retirement of the state’s ageing coal-fired generation fleet. AEMO Services Executive General Manager Paul Verschuer said that together, the successful projects would del... 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
Woodside joins initiative to drive hydrogen bus adoption in South Korea

Australia-Japan study to evaluate lower-emissions fuel ammonia supply chain

Woodside Energy Ltd and a consortium of Japanese companies have signed a joint research agreement under which they will jointly conduct a feasibility study (Phase 2) on the establishment of a lower-emissions fuel ammonia supply chain from Australia to Japan. The consortium includes Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC); Marubeni Corporation; Hokuriku Electric Power Company; Kansai Electric Power Co Inc; Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc; and Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc. Ammonia does not emit carbon dioxide during combustion and is considered a promising next-generation lower-emission fuel ... more

New battery paired with hydrogen-generating tech offers power to off-grid communities

A project pairing advanced lead batteries with green hydrogen could transform the supply of clean, reliable energy storage in Africa and Asia, after the Consortium for Battery Innovation formed a partnership and awarded Horizon Europe funding worth almost €10 million. The collaboration between organisations in the project - called LoCEL-H2 (Low-cost, Circular, plug & play, off-grid Energy for remote Locations including Hydrogen) – includes battery-makers, academia, national laboratories, component manufacturers and companies with experience of integration, microgrids and renewables. The project will g... more
hydrogen project

Partners to assess solar-to-hydrogen co-development opportunities in Tasmania

Countrywide Hydrogen (Countrywide) and WIRSOL Energy (WIRSOL) have executed an agreement to assess the development of behind-the-meter solar-to-hydrogen projects in Tasmania. Mr Geoffrey Drucker, Managing Director of Countrywide said, “With an established solar project development track record in Australia, we reached out to WIRSOL to determine their interest in co-developing behind-the-meter solar to hydrogen projects from two perspectives. “One is to assist us with our renewable hydrogen projects in Tasmania and the other is to determine where it may be feasible to co-locate hydrogen production faci... more
oint venture

Joint venture awarded GHG assessment permit in WA

A joint venture between Woodside Energy Ltd, BP Developments Australia Pty Ltd, Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd, which is owned equally by Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd, Shell Australia Pty Ltd and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, has been awarded a greenhouse gas assessment permit in the Northern Carnarvon Basin off the north-western coast of Western Australia. The permit, which is located approximately 125 km north-west of Dampier and covers an area of 1775 km2, contains the depleted Angel Gas Field. The joint venture has extensive existing data and knowledge of the field following decades o... more