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
Synergy CEO David Fyfe and WA Minister for Energy Reece Whitby at the ground breaking event in Collie.

Construction starts on one of Australia’s biggest batteries in Collie

Construction has begun on Synergy's Collie battery energy storage system, which will be one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in Australia when complete and will provide significant security to Western Australia's main power system. Construction has begun on Synergy's Collie battery energy storage system, which will be one of the biggest grid-scale batteries in Australia when complete and will provide significant security to Western Australia's main power system. The battery, which will have a 500 megawatt/200... more
Genex Completes Construction of 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe Battery Project

Genex completes 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe Battery Project

Genex Power Limited has completed the construction of the 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe Battery Project in Rockhampton, Queensland, its  first large-scale battery energy storage project (BESS). The installation of two replacement Megapacks was completed in November 2023, with testing and final hold point tests completed in December 2023. Genex granted the final construction milestone and made the final payments to Tesla, after recovering full costs associated with a minor fire event at the project. Genex CEO Craig Francis stated: “Following the commencement of operations at our 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe Ba... more
RACV

RACV completes its largest solar panel installation in Victoria

RACV Solar has completed its largest solar panel installation in Victoria to date, at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)’s Australian Synchrotron in Clayton, Victoria. Offsetting enough power to light up the whole MCG for more than five years, over 3,000 panels cover an area of nearly 6,600m², including the large and iconic circular roof of the main research facility. The panels will save ANSTO over two million kilowatt hours per year while also reducing its carbon footprint by over 1,680 tonnes per year. RACV General Manager Energy Greg Edye said RACV Solar is delight... more
ACCIONA

ACCIONA Acquires Kwinana Waste-to-Energy Facility

ACCIONA has acquired 100 per cent ownership of Western Australia’s Kwinana Waste-to-Energy project in an agreement reached with Macquarie Capital and Dutch Infrastructure Fund. ACCIONA's investment provides certainty for the ongoing construction and future operation of the facility, its workers, and the local community. The facility is on track to be operational in the last quarter of 2024 when it will divert up to 460,000 tonnes of waste per annum from landfill and deliver 38 megawatts of baseload power to the Western Power grid, sufficient to power more than 50,000 households. ACCIONA Australia Chie... 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
Indigenous-led renewable energy in East Kimberley

ARENA backs Indigenous-led renewable energy in East Kimberley

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded a $1,666,701 grant to the Aboriginal Clean Energy Partnership Pty Ltd (ACEP) for Phase 1 of the feasibility study for the East Kimberley Clean Energy and Hydrogen Project. This marks a significant step forward in Australia's renewable energy ambitions, particularly in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The $3,333,403 Phase 1 feasibility study is integral to the project's development, which aims to establish large-scale renewable energy, renewable hydrogen, and renewable ammonia production for export. One of the project's unique aspects i... more
helium

Lab tests reveal green helium reservoir’s high concentration

An ASX-listed Australian-based junior believes it may have come across one of the largest untapped green helium reserves in the world. Earlier this month, Noble Helium Ltd confirmed that lab testing of the substance from the Mbelele prospect at its North Rukwa project in Tanzania had returned high helium concentrations of 2.46 per cent. The results are in line with the company’s initial field calculations based on the gas recovered from helium-enriched fluids across multiple reservoirs during a two well drilling campaign conducted during the December quarter. Moreover, these numbers compared favourabl... more
Major Green Hydrogen project for Nhulunbuy

Axpo partners with Infinite Green Energy to develop the Valle Peligna hydrogen project

Axpo Holding and Infinite Green Energy (IGE) have entered into a binding joint development agreement to develop the commercial-scale Valle Peligna hydrogen project in Abruzzo, Italy. The JDA describes the strategic partnership between IGE and Axpo, including the key terms, and milestones to successfully reach a final investment decision. The Project launched more than 18 months ago is consistent with the Italian Government's ‘Hydrogen Valley’ strategy, which seeks to enhance brownfield sites. Leveraging the industrial area in the Abruzzo municipality of Corfinio, the project is expected to deliver a... more
Woodside to fund $12.5 million university-led decarbonisation project

Woodside to fund $12.5 million university-led decarbonisation project

Rice University and Woodside Energy have announced a five-year technology collaboration aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing lower carbon solutions. Woodside will provide $12.5 million to fund the creation of the Woodside-Rice Decarbonisation Accelerator — an initiative that aims to bring breakthrough decarbonisation technology from the Rice labs to market. Rice University President Reginald DesRoches said: “This collaboration is a testament to the power of merging academic expertise with industry insight and support.” The goal of the accelerator is to fast-track the commeciali... more