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
Copperstring

Contractors awarded early works extension for Copperstring 2032

CIMIC Group’s UGL and CPB Contractors have been awarded a $20 million early works contract by Powerlink for the CopperString 2032 project in North Queensland. The works package will cover detailed engineering design, field surveys, geotechnical surveys and geotechnical works. The delivery phase of the project will oversee design, construction and commissioning of seven new substations and a high voltage transmission line between Townsville and Mt Isa. The design and construct contract is expected to be executed later this year and will include an expanded 500 kilovolt transmission line from Townsville to... more

Collie battery to bolster energy reliability across the South-West

Collie will be the site of the latest big battery to be connected to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS), the electricity grid supplying Perth and more than one million homes and businesses between Geraldton and Esperance and east to Kalgoorlie. The Collie Battery will directly create more than 120 construction jobs, as well as many new opportunities for suppliers in the Collie region. The contract to build a 197MW battery was awarded to Neoen by the Australian Energy Market Operator following a competitive process initiated with the State Government through Energy Policy WA's Coordinator of Energy... more
Wind Turbine

AGL to offtake renewable energy from Rye Park Wind Farm

AGL Energy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tilt Renewables to offtake electricity generated from the Rye Park Wind Farm in New South Wales. The agreement is the first PPA to be signed since AGL and its partners QIC and the Future Fund acquired Tilt Renewables’ Australian operations in 2021, and it is the first opportunity secured under AGL’s access to Tilt Renewables’ platform. The 15-year agreement provides AGL with an offtake of 45 per cent of the output of Rye Park, that share being approximately 513 GWh derived from 178 MW of capacity. This is electricity that could otherwise ... more
Barcaldine

Barcaldine Renewable Energy Zone gets green light 

A $7 million Queensland Government investment will support the proposed establishment of the Barcaldine Renewable Energy Zone (BREZ), an industrial precinct in Barcaldine which will be linked to a large-scale, renewable energy project and provide industry with low-carbon electricity. The funding will go towards the costs of the common user infrastructure, including road access, water and sewage infrastructure to support the establishment of the BREZ precinct. A number of businesses have expressed interest in the proposed BREZ precinct, including companies seeking to establish manufacturing facilities such ... 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
Pure Hydrogen

Pure Hydrogen advances hydrogen hub strategy with land acquisition

Pure Hydrogen Corporation Limited has secured the option to acquire 21 hectares of land to establish emerald hydrogen manufacturing facilities with Joint Venture partner CAC-H₂. The site is a 21-hectare lot, adjacent to the Beerburram State Forest. The site was selected due to its strategic proximity to high-population SEQ regions, facilitating the supply of clean and affordable hydrogen to customers from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast. Under the terms of the Joint Venture, CAC-H₂ will produce the hydrogen through the deployment of a technology process which converts hydrogen from woody bio-... more
Mauritania

bp and Mauritania to explore green hydrogen at scale

bp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Mauritania under which it will deliver an innovative programme exploring the potential for large-scale production of green hydrogen in the country. The agreement, signed in a meeting alongside COP27, could be an important step towards the development of significant green hydrogen production in Mauritania. Under the agreement, bp will carry out a number of studies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of producing green hydrogen in Mauritania. Green hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water, powered by renewable ... more
green methanol

MoU progresses commercialisation of green methanol production

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) and Cement Australia (CA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further the commercialisation of methanol production, using green hydrogen in Gladstone. MGC's newly-developed Circular Carbon Methanol production technology will be applied to capture carbon dioxide from CA's Gladstone Plant. Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Cameron Dick said the MoU is an important step on the journey towards the commercial production of green methanol. “This joint feasibility study into the $150 million first-stage green methanol plant underlines the str... more

Federal Government’s budget commits to new Electrolysis Plant at Hobart site

Nyrstar Australia’s vice president Dale Webb has welcomed the $50 million in Commonwealth funding towards construction of a new $400 million Electrolysis Plant in this week’s Federal budget. “Today’s announcement by the Federal Government demonstrates again the value of what we do in Australia and the importance of this new Electrolysis Plant to our sector and Tasmania,” said Mr Webb. “This ensures that the next generation of employees and businesses in Tasmania will continue to play an important role in the manufacturing of zinc, a mineral critical for the transition to a low carbon world. ... more