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

Townsville icon The Ville goes all in on renewable energy

Major Townsville icon The Ville Resort-Casino has inked a major renewable energy deal with publicly owned CleanCo that will see the precinct powered by 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025. Announced by Minister de Brenni at the Queensland Energy and Jobs Fair in Townsville, the initiative will be enabled by the Palaszczuk Government’s Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan. The 10,000 megawatt/hour deal includes clean energy from Kaban Green Power Hub and delivery is now underway, scaling up to 100 per cent renewable by 2025. Queensland Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni said the Q... more
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
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
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
Tasmania

Partners to explore introduction of hydrogen to Tasmania

Countrywide Renewable Hydrogen — a subsidiary of ReNu Energy Ltd — and Tas Gas Networks have signed an agreement which sets out the companies’ intention to work together to explore the introduction of green hydrogen for commercial and industrial use to Tasmania. Countrywide is developing the Hydrogen Tasmania Brighton Project, and has commenced preliminary works in relation to the project. It includes the production of hydrogen, the construction of a network to distribute the hydrogen, and the co-ordination with stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of the project. The agreement betwee... more

Equinor and Fluxys launch decarbonisation solution in Europe

Fluxys and Equinor have agreed to develop a major infrastructure project for transporting captured CO2 from emitters to storage sites in the North Sea, connecting Belgium to Norway. The project is in the feasibility stage, with an investment decision expected by 2025. Carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) is essential for achieving significant CO2 emission reductions. This project offers the North-West European market a robust and flexible solution for large-scale decarbonisation. The project includes a 1,000 km CO2 export trunkline operated by Equinor which will transport CO2 for safe and permanent ... more