Projects

  • Countrywide Hydrogen secures $8m funding to spearhead Tasmania's green hydrogen production

    PROJECTS

    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

    PROJECTS

    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

    PROJECTS

    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

    PROJECTS

    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
IGE

IGE acquires solar farm with hydrogen production targeted for 2024

Australia’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen project is planned to commence production in the last quarter of 2024, after Infinite Green Energy (IGE) completed the acquisition of Perth’s Northam Solar Farm and signed its first offtake contract this week. The completion of the $8 million Northam deal, funded by debt and investor capital, will allow IGE to leverage the 11MW solar farm to produce four tonnes a day of renewable hydrogen via electrolysis. The hydrogen output will initially power Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) truck fleets for several key back to base customers, with the first bindin... more
IKEA

IKEA parent company to invest in Australia’s biggest wind farm

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the world's largest IKEA retailer, has made its first renewable energy investment in Australia taking a 15 per cent stake in the AU$2 billion (EUR 1.3 billion) stage one of TagEnergy’s Golden Plains Wind Farm near Geelong. The investment in the mega project is Ingka Investments’ first major investment in utility scale renewable energy in Australia and reflects its strategic priority to secure long term access to renewable energy in IKEA Retail countries in Asia. The overall project has a total planned capacity of 1.3GW and consists of two stages. On... more
funding  

Consumer Trustee shortlists high-quality projects in roadmap inaugural tender

AEMO Services has shortlisted 16 projects representing more than 4.3GW of generation and long duration storage to proceed to the next stage in the inaugural competitive tender of the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap. This capacity is enough to power almost 1.6 million homes and will accelerate NSW’s energy transition. In its role as Consumer Trustee, AEMO Services is responsible for conducting the decade-long schedule of competitive tenders that will bring forward investment in renewable energy generation and storage capacity. AEMO Services Chair Dr Paul Moy said that the selected projects ha... more
feasibility

Australia’s first offshore wind area open for feasibility applications

The invitation period for feasibility licence applications in the Gippsland declared area is now open until 27 April 2023. On 19 December 2022, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy declared the offshore Gippsland area as suitable for offshore renewable energy infrastructure. Now that the area has been declared, the Minister released an invitation to apply for feasibility licences in the Gippsland declared area. Feasibility Licence applications will be accepted for proposed projects within the Gippsland declared area from 23 January 2023 to 27 April 2023. Further information on the licence applicat... more
Graphite Energy begins work on $29 million sustainable energy project

Graphite Energy begins work on $29 million sustainable energy project

Graphite Energy, known for its proprietary thermal energy storage system for the decarbonisation of industrial and manufacturing operations, has today begun development on the first stage of its $29 million Lake Cargelligo facility in New South Wales. Graphite Energy’s Lake Cargelligo facility has now commenced construction, marking the first stage of the company’s Lake Sustainable Energy Precinct masterplan, which will generate renewable energy to power sustainable agriculture and create a robust circular economy. The project aims to demonstrate how renewable energy and agriculture can coexist, using ... more
CDU’s city campus stays cool under Darwin heat

CDU campus contributes to sustainable urban development

The façade of Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) new city campus is completed ahead of the wet season, capping off the building’s main protection against Darwin’s tropical heat and humidity. Standing 40 metres tall, with a combination of vertical and sloping design features, the building includes curtain wall with porcelain tiles, horizontal aluminium louvres, and various types of cladding to reflect the harsh Darwin weather, while ensuring the iconic Boab tree is not overshadowed. The façade is primarily made of porcelain cladding, which is engineered to endure — it is non-combustible, absorbs mi... more
Recycled glass and reclaimed asphalt used to revamp Clarence Street

Recycled glass and reclaimed asphalt used to revamp Clarence Street

Around 120,000 glass jars and more than 200 tonnes of reclaimed asphalt were used to refresh a one kilometre stretch of Clarence Street in Sydney. This means nearly a quarter of materials used to renew more than 8,000 square metres of road surface is recycled. The City of Sydney resurfaces around 35,000 square metres of road each year. Since July 2021, the City of Sydney has used around 1.5 million recycled glass jars and more than 6,000 tonnes of reclaimed asphalt in its road renewal program. Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore AO said: “What was once considered waste is now being seen as a resource. T... more

Billbergia lodges DA for Rhodes most sustainable ResidentialTower

Leading developer Billbergia has lodged a Development Application with City of Canada Bay for a sleek new 37-level mixed-use residential tower at 9-13 Blaxland Road, Rhodes in Sydney’s inner-west. The proposed new tower features a striking slender form designed by architects GroupGSA in collaboration with innovative Singaporean landscape studio Salad Dressing - whose exterior design concept earned them first place in a design excellence competition for the site. Aligned with the principles of the Rhodes Place Strategy, the proposed new tower sits within the Rhodes Station Gateway East precinct that was r... more
advanced

Renewables to power Rio Tinto’s most advanced iron ore mine

Rio Tinto has opened the Gudai-Darri project in Western Australia, the company's most technologically advanced iron ore mine in the Pilbara.   Since development began in April 2019, 14 million work hours have culminated in the delivery of Rio Tinto's 17th iron ore mine, which has a capacity of 43 million tonnes per annum. Gudai-Darri features some of the most advanced cutting-edge technology, including a robotic ore sampling laboratory which provides visibility of the ore grades out of the mine within minutes. There are autonomous trucks, trains and drills, which are standard across many of Rio Tinto'... more
Torrens Island

Study to check feasibility of turning Torrens Island into a hydrogen hub

AGL Energy Limited and a consortium of high-profile industry partners will commence a detailed feasibility study into the development of a green hydrogen production facility at its Torrens Island site. The study will demonstrate the commercial and technical feasibility of establishing a renewable hydrogen hub and the production of hydrogen-derived products at Torrens Island to serve both domestic users in South Australia and interstate, as well as wider export markets. The feasibility study will map key operational and commercial plans for the project, outline the development of a production timeline and i... more
Liquid hydrogen

Queensland signs hydrogen agreement with massive European port

Queensland is powering ahead in the new global renewable energy era, taking another significant step towards exporting green hydrogen to Europe’s largest port. Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni said a Memorandum of Understanding had now been signed with the Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands to collaborate on opportunities to develop a hydrogen export supply chain. He said: “This landmark agreement is another ringing endorsement of Queensland’s quest to be a green hydrogen superpower. “The Port of Rotterdam has a target to import up to 20 million tonnes of hydrogen by... more

International majors invest 170 million NOK in Norwegian Hydrogen Mem-Tech

AP Ventures, Yara Growth Ventures, Shell Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures and SINTEF Venture are putting their trust and investment into Hydrogen Mem-Tech (HMT). HMT´s palladium membrane technology separates hydrogen from bio and natural gas. HMT chief executive Thomas Reinertsen said: "We are proud and incredibly humbled to have secured what will be one of the largest capital investments in an early-stage Norwegian tech company in recent years.” The company has developed a technology where clean hydrogen is produced from bio and natural gas, while carbon dioxide and other residual gases ar... more