The 2023-24 Territory Budget will be making significant investments in a range of projects to help the ACT reach...
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WA underground power project to benefit 50,000 homes
Kody Cook, , Civil Construction, Electricity, News, Powerlines, Spotlight, 0Western Power’s Targeted Underground Power Program (TUPP) is set to provide as many as 50,000 Western Australian properties with...
Shell Energy proposes new big battery in Victoria
Kody Cook, , Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0A 200MW utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) has been proposed in Victoria, in a partnership between Shell Energy...
Interim SuperGrid Training Centre and Transmission Hub opens
Kody Cook, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The interim Queensland SuperGrid Training Centre and Transmission Hub has officially opened in Gladstone and will train 500 energy...
Transgrid empowers future engineers with university scholarships
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Electricity, News, People & Appointments, Projects, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Transgrid has awarded scholarships to 17 students at Charles Sturt University as part of its commitment to support training...
New compensation framework for landowners hosting energy infrastructure
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, Stakeholder Engagement, 0Powerlink has announced a new compensation framework for landowners hosting new transmission infrastructure, including new landowner payments for those...
$45M NT BESS reaches pre-commissioning stages
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0The Northern Territory Government’s $45 million Darwin-Katherine Battery Energy Storage System (DK BESS) has reached the pre-commissioning stages, with...
Transgrid signs MoU for energy training and job opportunities in Hunter Valley
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Electrical engineering students in the Hunter are set to see greater training and career opportunities thanks to a new...
New contractors for Port Hedland Solar Battery Hybrid project
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Alinta Energy has announced the battery and solar installation contracts for the $180 million Port Hedland Solar Battery Hybrid...
Snowy 2.0 project announces delays
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Company news, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 1Snowy Hydro’s Snowy 2.0 project has been delayed by a further 12-24 months. Snowy 2.0’s management team are working...
Liddell Power Station shut down after 52 years of operation
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Company news, Electricity, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, 0AGL Energy’s Liddell Power Station has powered down after 52 years of operation, and is set to be repurposed...
EnergyConnect substation completes first concrete pour
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, News, Powerlines, Projects, Renewable Energy, Safety and Training, Spotlight, Substations, Sustainability, 0Transgrid has reached a major milestone in the construction of one of the biggest substations in the Southern Hemisphere,...
ACT Gov announce new grid-scale 250MW BESS
Tayla Oates, , Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The Australian Capital Territory Government has signed a partnership agreement with Eku Energy to deliver a 250MW/500MWh battery energy...
$40M investment to accelerate critical minerals discoveries
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Western Australia Government is investing $40 million in the Sustainable Geoscience Investments package to accelerate critical minerals discoveries...
EnergyConnect: First of 1,500 steel towers installed, Buronga substation update
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 0The EnergyConnect transmission project has hit construction milestones, with the first of 1,500 steel towers installed, as well as...
Report: $16.9B potential for battery industry by 2030
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, News, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0A new report, Charging Ahead – Australia’s Battery Powered Future, has forecasted $16.9 billion per annum in value-add for...
$123M upgrade to Tasmanian hydropower icon begins
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Energy Efficiency, Hydro Power, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0Hydro Tasmania is redeveloping the Tarraleah hydropower scheme, with $123 million invested for upgrade works and to assess the...
CitiPower and Powercor consults customers on 2026-31 plans
Tayla Oates, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, Sustainability, 0CitiPower and Powercor have consulted more than 140 customers across eleven forums, as part of its largest customer engagement...
Transgrid secures $385M for critical transmission supplies
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0Transgrid has commenced orders for critical transmission supplies as part of its Rewiring the Nation program, after securing a...
Transgrid 2023 Apprentices now on site
Tayla Oates, , Civil Construction, Company news, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Transgrid’s 2023 apprentices are now on site at various locations across New South Wales, learning the ropes and working...
Becoming a trusted delivery partner through collaboration
Mikayla Bridge, , Civil Construction, Projects, Sponsored Editorial, 0Needing to upgrade its electrical infrastructure, TasNetworks undertook the North Hobart Switchgear Replacement Project to replace its existing 11kV...
Transgrid has announced the completion of its $235 million Powering Sydney’s Future Project, delivering the largest 300kv cable project...
$3.8m network upgrade for remote Aboriginal communities
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Horizon Power has undertaken a $3.8 million electrical network infrastructure upgrade to standardise the electricity supply across 13 Aboriginal...
EOI for Waratah Super Battery
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Batteries & Storage, Civil Construction, Energy Efficiency, Networks, News, Projects, Renewable Energy, Spotlight, 0The Energy Corporation of New South Wales (EnergyCo) will launch a procurement process to identify battery developers and a...
Construction begins on Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project
Mikayla Bridge, , Civil Construction, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0Genex Power Ltd (Genex) has commenced construction on the world’s first co-located solar and pumped storage hydropower plant at...
Largest QLD-NSW Interconnector substation upgrade complete
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, Electricity, News, Spotlight, Substations, 0The upgrade of the Tamworth substation is now complete, the largest of five substations to undergo works as part...
Western Power’s milestone apprentice intake
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, News, Safety and Training, Spotlight, 0Western Power has recruited 31 new apprentices — the largest intake in eight years — to foster the future...
Proposed Western Victoria transmission line route revealed
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Powerlines, Projects, Spotlight, 1The Western Victoria Transmission Network Project (WVTNP) is one step closer to completion with the announcement of a proposed...
VIC-NSW Interconnector reaches clean energy milestone
Lauren DeLorenzo, , Civil Construction, Electricity, Networks, News, Projects, Spotlight, 0The ACT’s Transgrid Stockdill substation has finished civil works, signaling a step forward for the Victoria-NSW Interconnector (VNI) upgrade....
Contract awarded for Melbourne treatment plant solar farm
Eliza Booth, , Asset Management, Civil Construction, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar, Sustainability, 0Work is set to begin on the construction of a 19MW solar farm at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant...
Farewell, Liddell: AGL’s renewable pledge
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