Sustainability

The South Australian Hydrogen Jobs Plan hydrogen power plant has secured development approval for the construction and operation of 250 MW electrolysers, a 100-tonne storage pipeline and a 200 MW hydrogen fuelled power plant.

The Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West 500 kV transmission line has received an $840 million boost to progress its early works, enabling equipment orders, the project’s design, and market and community engagement to progress.

New Zealand Green Investment Finance has provided $71.7 million to finance infrastructure and broader development activities required by Auckland-headquartered utility solar developer Far North Solar Farm.

The 900-kilometre EnergyConnect transmission project, that will link the energy grids in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales and support the renewable energy build-out, has achieved two major milestones including progress on the project’s main substation hub.

South African miner Gold Fields has contracted Scottish power company Aggreko to more than double the size of an off-grid hybrid solar and battery microgrid helping to power its Granny Smith mining operation in Western Australia.

Victorian utility Barwon Water is powering its services with 100% renewable energy generation almost doubling its annual 30 GWh electricity needs in the process.

A new tunnel boring machine will be deployed at the $12 billion Snowy 2.0 renewable energy project to stay on track with its operational deadline of December 2028.

In the next decade, the Victorian government’s four pillar energy plan will seek to add a minimum of 6.3 GW of rooftop solar, 1.2 GW of large distributed solar up to 30 MW, and 3 GW of utility solar.

SunCable’s flagship Australia-Asia Power Link renewables and storage project in the Northern Territory has passed another major regulatory milestone, securing the green light from the federal government.

New South Wales power grid owner Transgrid has pinpointed a trio of sites in the state’s far west that could host remote renewable energy zones that it said could help address the challenges posed by an energy transition that it is in “vertical take-off.”