#Australia

The Sunny Corner project was awarded the permit after a 15-month competitive tender and selection process.

The link will use advanced converter technology at both ends to stabilize and integrate renewables into the grid, a first for Australia.

The spending will be made over the next decade and comes as major economies invest billions to support clean energy projects.

The project will be able to produce around 1188 GWh of electricity annually.

The companies will apply their respective expertise and capabilities to develop the project together.

The project will be able to power around 240000 homes annually.

The project could make an important contribution to Queensland’s transition to renewable energy and deliver it to local communities.

Work on the project has already started and is expected to be completed by mid-2025.

The substation will serve the Berrimah and Wishart industrial areas.

The substation is one of the largest in Central Queensland.

Bowmans Creek Wind Farm, planned by Ark Energy, has been approved by the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission.

Transgrid has released details of its preferred route for the northern portion of the VNI West interconnector that will connect the New South Wales and Victoria grids.

Construction of the South Australian part of Project EnergyConnect, the new high-voltage transmission line between South Australia and New South Wales, has been completed.

Vinci subsidiary Cobra IS, Acciona and Endeavour Energy have signed a power transmission PPP for to build a transmission network in New South Wales.

Transgrid has announced its two partners to deliver the proposed nation-critical transmission project HumeLink.

The proposed route of the Hunter Transmission Project from Bayswater to Eraring has been released for public comment.

The Cook Government will invest more than $700 million to upgrade the State’s main electricity network and unlock renewable energy generation opportunities.

Hitachi Energy inaugurated its brand-new Service Transformer Refurbishment and Testing Workshop in Welshpool, Western Australia.

Transgrid has installed first batch of steel towers within a power transmission project to interconnect New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

Australia, Queensland: The Government of Queensland, Australia, has announced building a 1,100 km transmission line worth $3.29 B (A$5 B).

Australia, New South Wales: BlueFloat Energy has announced plans for developing a 1.7 GW floating offshore wind project off the coast of New South Wales in Australia.

Australia, Sydney: Australian power transmission company Transgrid has launched a new technology for simplifying the process of recycling old transmission lines.

Rigorous performance testing of the transformers for Australian $1.8 B-worth EnergyConnect project is currently underway in South Korea.

Australia invests $5.3 B to connect New South Wales’ renewable energy zones and Snowy 2.0 hydro project to the electrical grid.