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

Panasonic and ATCO Australia join forces to promote renewable energy through hydrogen initiative

Panasonic has announced a partnership with engineering, logistics and energy company ATCO Australia, trialling a new fuel cell that is being used to convert hydrogen to electricity. The installation – at the ATCO Clean Energy Innovation Hub (CEIH) in Jandakot, Western Australia – is the first Australian test demonstration of the capabilities of Panasonic Hydrogen Fuel Cells, delivered at a time when the nation is accelerating its shift towards renewable forms of energy production. When established the CEIH was Australia’s first commercial scale, renewable hydrogen supply chain, a significant technol... more

Victoria’s biggest wind farm reaches financial close

Construction is set to commence on Victoria’s largest approved wind farm after Stage One of the Golden Plains Wind Farm 1,300MW mega-project in Rokewood near Geelong reached financial close. With all agreements now in place, building the $2bn, 756MW Stage One development featuring 122 turbines will begin early in 2023, with the project expected to start producing green energy in the first quarter of 2025. TagEnergy has entered an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with global turbine supplier Vestas, appointed AusNet Services to undertake the grid connection works on a build, own an... more
Woodside

Woodside the preferred partner for Meridian’s green hydrogen project

Meridian, with the support of Ngāi Tahu, have selected Woodside Energy as the preferred partner to move forward to the development stage of the proposed Southern Green Hydrogen (SGH) project in New Zealand. A final investment decision will follow the development stage. Meridian Chief Executive Neal Barclay said: “We’re very pleased to be partnering with Woodside which, like us, is focussed on progressing a world-class hydrogen and ammonia facility in Southland, New Zealand, that will provide significant benefits to the local community. In addition to its operational and marketing expertise, Woodside has ... more

Queensland wind farm precinct to dwarf all others

Queensland will be home to one of the largest onshore wind projects in the world, after global energy giant ACCIONA Energia, announced the development of a new $2 billion wind project. The new 1,000MW Herries Range Wind Farm will be built within the MacIntyre Wind Precinct, west of Warwick, bringing the precinct value to $4 billion, and the total amount of renewable energy to 2,000 MW – enough to power 1.4 million Queensland homes. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the deal showed that Queensland was a front runner in attracting international investment in the global energy transformation. “Our Que... 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
Egypt

Egypt project to produce 300,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year

H2-Industries has embarked on a revolutionary project in Egypt to create green hydrogen using proprietary technologies by using organic wastes as feedstock for its energy production while capturing CO2 and commercialising it, achieving carbon neutrality. While creating green hydrogen has historically proven uneconomic, H2-Industries has developed a process to create large amounts of green hydrogen from organic waste at competitive costs. The green hydrogen produced from that process can be transported and stored, using other H2-Industries technologies, and released on demand for use in industry applications. ... more
hydrogen

Japanese energy giant increases Queensland green hydrogen investment

ENEOS, Japan’s largest oil company, is set to significantly increase its production of green hydrogen in Queensland. From next year ENEOS will produce up to 20 kilograms of green hydrogen daily at its Bulwer Island site in Brisbane. The green hydrogen will be produced using ENEOS’ patented electrolysis technology, powered from renewable energy generated by a dedicated on-site 250-kilowatt solar system. The hydrogen will be produced in the form of methylcyclohexane (MCH), allowing it to be stored and transported as a liquid before being refined back to hydrogen in Japan. This is the first project sup... more
New South Wales

First green hydrogen for New South Wales homes and businesses

Green hydrogen from Jemena’s $15 million Western Sydney Green Hydrogen Hub, co-funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), is being blended into and stored in Jemena’s gas distribution network, the first of its kind in New South Wales. Jemena’s Managing Director Frank Tudor said the ‘living laboratory’ was intended to demonstrate how the systems and technology required to generate green hydrogen and store it in the existing gas network could work at scale. “Green hydrogen emits no carbon and is a 100 per cent renewable gas. By blending it into our gas distribution network we are d... more
Mount Isa

New solar farm to supply Mount Isa mine

A new solar farm of up to 88 megawatt will power the Mount Isa North West Minerals Province under a two staged plan with an initial investment of more than $80 million. APA has announced it will commence building the 44 megawatt stage one of the Mica Creek Solar Farm. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles said the project is an excellent example of the demand for renewable energy, from all sectors of business and industry. “We’re backing businesses, backing renewable energy, and the North West Minerals Province as we keep delivering Queensland’s plan for economic recovery ... more