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

Kidston Wind Farm declared a Prescribed Project

The final stage of the Kidston Clean Energy Hub, the Kidston Wind Farm, has been declared a prescribed project, ensuring the delivery of the project that will create 200 construction jobs. In making the declaration, Acting Premier Steven Miles said when complete, the Kidston Clean Energy Hub will further strengthen the reliability of North Queensland’s energy grid. “The Clean Energy Hub will provide large scale solar, pumped hydro storage and wind energy at a single location” Mr Miles said. “When operational, the hub will contribute to the Queensland renewable energy target requiring 70 per cent... more

CIMIC’s UGL appointed by Neoen for Australia’s next big battery project

CIMIC Group’s UGL has been appointed by Neoen to install the high voltage infrastructure which will connect a Tesla-supplied Battery Energy Storage System at Neoen’s Western Downs Green Power Hub, around 250 kilometres west of Brisbane. Following construction, the battery, which will also be installed by UGL, will work alongside Neoen’s Western Downs solar farm at the same site and allow stored energy to be transmitted into the electricity network from the Australian summer of 2024/2025. UGL is a specialist in the design, construction and operation of renewables assets having completed the constructi... more
AAPowerLink

AAPowerLink developer enters voluntary administration

Sun Cable Pty Ltd has announced it will enter voluntary administration, with the aspiration to unlock access to additional capital for continued development of its Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) project. The decision is a consequence of the absence of alignment with the objectives of all shareholders. Whilst funding proposals were provided, consensus on the future direction and funding structure of the company could not be achieved. Sun Cable says it still represents an opportunity to deliver the largest renewable energy project in the world, with the AAPowerLink project to supply power to the Nort... more
Star of the South

Gippsland’s Star of the South achieves major project status  

Bass Strait off the Gippsland coast has today been declared as an offshore renewable energy zone, a move welcomed by Australia’s most advanced offshore wind project, Star of the South. Star of the South Chief Executive Officer Charles Rattray said the declaration puts Gippsland on course to become the home of Australia’s offshore wind industry. “With strong winds, existing grid infrastructure and a skilled workforce, Gippsland is ideally positioned to capitalise on the jobs and investment offshore wind will bring to the region,” he said. “This announcement means greater certainty for the indus... more

1 Denison now North Sydney’s most sustainable Office Tower

Winten Property Group’s iconic $1.2 billion 1 Denison commercial office tower has bolstered its sustainability ratings, achieving WELL V 2 Platinum certification and 6-star NABERS Energy and Waste ratings, making it North Sydney’s most sustainable commercial office tower. Designed by high-profile architects Bates Smart, the award-winning 1 Denison was delivered by Multiplex in 2020 and features 61,600 sqm of Premium Grade commercial office space across 37 storeys, with an innovative lifestyle precinct and basement parking for 225 cars and 568 bicycle racks. It has also made a significant contribution t... more
air taxi

Electric air taxi terminal proposed for Batman Park in Melbourne

Contreras Earl Architecture (CEA) has launched a futuristic new proposal for an air taxi hub at Batman Park on the Yarra River working with Skyportz® and Pascall+Watson Architects. The proposal is to replace the park’s existing helipad with a new purpose-built vertiport to accommodate the introduction of clean, quiet, electric air taxis. Under the plans the Greenline park development on the Yarra River will become a multi-modal hub for electric scooters, bikes, ferries, hire boats and a cafe. The design, for Australia’s second vertiport after the Caribbean Park terminal in Melbourne, brings together C... more
Communities

La Trobe’s 6 Star Green Communities rating recertified

La Trobe University’s Melbourne (Bundoora) campus has been recertified 6 Stars under the Green Star Communities rating tool by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). The achievement, which follows an initial 6 Star rating in 2017, demonstrates world leadership in addressing a significant number of environmental and social issues while contributing to the community. Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Susan Dodds said the important recertification reflects the University’s commitment to both environmental sustainability and community-building in projects across the Melbourne campus. "The develo... more
Green Star Buildings

First Green Star Buildings certification awarded to Mirvac’s Heritage Lanes

Mirvac’s Heritage Lanes project at 80 Ann Street in Brisbane has become the first building to be awarded a 6 Star Green Star Buildings certification, showcasing the future of sustainable buildings. CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia, Davina Rooney said GBCA’s new Green Star Buildings rating tool has elevated the benchmark for sustainable development, and Heritage Lanes has risen to meet the challenge. “Before we had launched Green Star Buildings, Mirvac had committed to reach the highest certification of our Green Star standard, based on the previous rating tool,” Ms Rooney said. “... more
ATCO Australia grant to help decarbonise WA’s gas network

New $500 million biorefinery planned for Gladstone

Gladstone has been selected as the location for a new $500 million renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel biorefinery. Acting Premier Steven Miles said Oceania Biofuels selected a site within the Yarwun Industrial Precinct in the Gladstone State Development Area for their new biofuel refinery, which is now under contract with Economic Development Queensland. Miles said: “The proposed $500 million project will be Australia’s first commercial sustainable aviation fuel biorefinery, creating around 60 direct jobs and indirectly supporting an estimated 500 regional jobs during construction and opera... more

Next gen solar battery manufacturing plant to be built in Australia

Australian renewable energy company Zero Emissions Developments (ZED) has developed the technology to build longer lasting, greener, more efficient, and more affordable solar and electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The company is seeking $30 million in private investment to build a manufacturing plant that will produce PowerCap batteries in South-East Queensland through the entity PowerCap Un Ltd. Unlike lithium-ion batteries which are made entirely from mined components, PowerCap batteries utilise recycled waste converted to graphitic carbon to create its anodes. The company will use the waste garnered ... more
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Australia’s first green hydrogen project certified

ActewAGL’s hydrogen refuelling station in Canberra has been certified with renewable green hydrogen produced from 100 per cent renewable energy and with zero carbon emissions, thereby making it the first project to be certified under the Smart Energy Council’s Zero Carbon Certification Scheme. ACT Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Shane Rattenbury, said renewable hydrogen is the only hydrogen that should be produced in Australia. “Any investment in the hydrogen industry should be green hydrogen, that is hydrogen made using renewable electricity. That is why the Smart Energy Council’s sch... more
WasteSorted Awards

Technology investment in VIC to transform recycling into new products

An extra 137,000 tonnes of Victoria’s plastic, glass, and tyre waste will be transformed into new products every year due to a $36.5 million funding boost for local recycling facilities. Thirteen funded projects to build or upgrade our state’s recycling infrastructure will create more than 200 jobs, reduce the amount of material going to landfill, and support the creation of innovative new products from recycled materials. Victorians will see more recycled content used in the items and infrastructure they use every day, from recycled glass in road construction, to recycled plastic bottles, garden pot... more