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
largest solar farm

Over one million solar panels powering Australia’s largest solar farm

Construction of Australia’s largest solar farm, located in Queensland’s Western Downs region, has been completed. Totalling over one million solar panels, the 400MW Western Downs Green Power Hub has the capacity to power the equivalent of 235,000 Queensland homes and is connected to the Queensland SuperGrid by a new 275kV line built by Powerlink. Located near Chinchilla, publicly owned CleanCo Queensland has signed a power purchase agreement with owners Neoen for 80 per cent of the power generated at the site. The completion of panel installation will allow the final testing and commissioning phase ... more
Greenleaf

Brookfield partners with Greenleaf Renewables on wind farm

Brookfield Renewable has partnered with Australian developer Greenleaf Renewables to develop, build, own and operate the proposed Moonlight Range Wind Farm in central Queensland. The companies have also formed a strategic partnership to work together on developing future renewable projects along Australia’s east coast, with a focus on wind and energy storage projects. This includes Greenleaf’s project pipeline of more than 600MW, which is in addition to the company’s publicly announced projects. The 400 MW Moonlight Range Wind Farm is in the development phase and is expected to be ready for construct... more
installed

First of its kind sodium-sulphur battery installed in Australia

The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) has announced Australia’s first sodium-sulphur NAS® battery has been installed at the IGO Nova nickel-copper-cobalt mine site. The 250 kW/1.45 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) demonstration unit will provide long-duration storage. FBICRC Chief Executive Officer Shannon O’Rourke said the installation of Australia’s first NAS® battery will help to accelerate our clean energy future. “The NAS® battery technology is mature and has been successfully installed and operated at over 250 sites worldwide over the past 20 years. ... more
consortium

Consortium to bid for Gippsland offshore wind projects

SSE Renewables and Equis Development Pte Ltd have formed a 50/50 owned consortium to bid for a feasibility licence to expedite the development, construction, ongoing operations and ownership of an offshore wind farm project in Australia’s first Federal Government declared offshore wind zone off Gippsland, near Victoria. SSE Renewables and Equis have identified the target areas in which they intend to apply for a feasibility licence and are working together on the required due diligence work ahead of a bid submission in April 2023. Should the consortium be successful, SSE Renewables will be responsible fo... 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

bp to invest in new global battery research and development centre in Britain

bp has unveiled plans to invest up to £50 million (around US$60 million) in a new, state-of-the-art electric vehicle (EV) battery testing centre and analytical laboratory in the UK. The company had previously announced its intention to invest up to £18 billion in the UK’s energy system by the end of 2030; this additional new investment is a further example of bp’s commitment to the country. Planned to open by the end of 2024, the new facilities will be located at bp’s existing global headquarters for its Castrol business in Pangbourne, Berkshire, and will support the technology, engineering and sc... more
agreement

World’s first commercial agreement on CO2 transport and storage

A commercial agreement between Northern Lights and Yara will see the transporting and storing of CO2 captured from Yara Sluiskil, an ammonia and fertiliser plant in the Netherlands. From early 2025, 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per year will be captured, compressed, and liquefied in the Netherlands and then transported to the Northern Lights site to be permanently stored in geological layers some 2,600 metres under the seabed off the coast of Øygarden, in Norway. This agreement, the first of its kind worldwide, is a major milestone in the decarbonisation of heavy industry in Europe, paving the way for internatio... more
Northern

Renewable hydrogen key to Northern Tasmania’s energy future

Renewable hydrogen project developer Countrywide Hydrogen has a plan to deliver green hydrogen to power Northern Tasmania’s local industry and decarbonise gas supplies. Speaking in Launceston at a Tasmanian Hydrogen Renewable Industry Network Forum today, Countrywide Managing Director Geoffrey Drucker outlined the company’s vision for a renewable energy economy in the region. Countrywide is advancing its plans to produce and deliver renewable hydrogen into the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone (BBAMZ) and into the state’s natural gas network to decarbonise supply. With first production of hydro... more

Woodside collaborates to drive development of local hydrogen market

Woodside Energy, BGC and Centurion, with the support of the Western Australian Government, are advancing plans for a proposed self-contained hydrogen production, storage and refuelling station, located in the Rockingham Industry Zone. The project was successful in the Expressions of Interest stage of the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation’s A$10 million Hydrogen Fuelled Transport Program. The Program aims to accelerate the uptake of hydrogen fuelled transport, build local skills and capability, and stimulate local hydrogen production. With matched funding from Woodside, the proposal t... more