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
hot water

Dynamically managing hot water systems in South Australia

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $2.72 million in funding to PLUS ES to develop Hot Water Control Load demand management capability (the Portal) that will allow its project partner AGL Energy to access and manage up to 20,000 hot water systems in South Australia via their smart meter - a potential controllable load of up to 48 MW. AGL Energy will control the hot water load to maximise benefits from the optimisation of hot water demand and take advantage of SA Power Network’s ‘solar sponge’ Time-of-Use tariff that incentivises daytime usage of electricity to enable higher rene... more
MUA questions report’s omission of offshore wind investment

EDF Renewables in Australia completes acquisition of Newcastle offshore wind project

EDF Renewables in Australia, a subsidiary of the French global energy player EDF, has acquired the Newcastle Offshore Wind (NOW) Farm, a floating offshore project under development. Well situated near the Port of Newcastle and energy distribution networks, the project is proposed for the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) as part of the NSW Government Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap. It will be developed in stages to support the Australian government’s renewable targets and align with the progressive retirement of the ageing coal-fired power stations in the region. Initial project ... more

Vast Solar CSP plant to receive $65 million from ARENA

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy have approved funding of $65 million for VS1, Vast Solar’s 30MW/ 288MWh reference plant in Port Augusta, South Australia. The funding is another step forward for the project, which will create hundreds of jobs and be the catalyst for an Australian concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) industry. VS1 is the first utility-scale CSP plant that will deploy Vast Solar’s world-leading technology. The technology generates clean, low-cost, dispatchable power by capturing and storing the sun’s energy duri... more
Woolooga

Queensland brewery to be powered by Woolooga Solar Farm

Queensland’s favourite beer will be brewed using 100 per cent renewable electricity after an agreement to power the iconic XXXX brewery at Milton with electricity from the Woolooga Solar Farm. The 214MWp project in Lower Wonga, Queensland began construction in June 2021 and consists of three sites (i.e. Woolooga 1 and Woolooga 2 Site B, collectively known as ‘Woolooga North’ and Woolooga 2 Site A, known as ‘Woolooga South’) forming one project which will have an export capacity of 176MW AC. The whole of the solar farm covers approximately 500 hectares of land, which has predominantly been used for g... 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

FBICRC launches flagship facility to supercharge Australia’s local battery manufacturing capabilities

The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) has launched its flagship project — the Cathode Precursor Production Pilot Plant — in Western Australia. Backed by 19 industry, research and Government participants, the launch represents a major step in Australia’s journey to expand its presence throughout the global battery value chain. The first of its kind in Australia, the Cathode Precursor Production Pilot Plant will establish the technology and capabilities for Australia to design and build cathode precursor manufacturing facilities on a commercial and industrial scale. ... more

Queensland takes early lead in race to build hydrogen superhighway

Queensland has scored first State of Origin points over New South Wales and the rest of the nation, with works starting today on Australia’s first hydrogen refuelling facility at a public service station. Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni said the hydrogen refuelling stop at one of Brisbane’s busiest service stations – the bp truck stop at Port of Brisbane – would be a critical link on the east coast hydrogen superhighway. De Brenni said: “Queensland has taken an early lead in the race to transform the heavy-haulage transport sector to renewable hydrogen, just as I expe... more
hydrogen plant

Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant

Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day. The renewable power for the electrolyser will come from the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust (noord), which is partly owned by Shell. The renewable hydrogen produced will supply the Shell Energy and Chemica... more
Scarborough

Campaign against Woodside’s Scarborough gas project goes global

Greenpeace Germany has joined forces with Greenpeace Australia Pacific to take aim at energy company RWE, one of the only major customers earmarked by Woodside for its Scarborough gas project. In the early hours of the morning, Greenpeace activists projected an image on RWE’s Essen gas facility of a whale cow with its newborn calf and the demand "Stop overexploitation, protect whales! RWExit". The action follows an expedition undertaken by marine scientists from Greenpeace Germany and Greenpeace Australia Pacific, documenting marine wildlife in the area Woodside has marked for the Scarborough and Browse gas... more