#Australia

Powerlink has replaced critical equipment at a major Townsville substation, with $7 M project securing power supply for North Queensland.

Andrews and Morrison governments struck a $200 M deal to underwrite a key grid project that will also spur more investment in wind and solar farms.

Australia hit a renewable energy milestone early in October when solar power provided 100 % of South Australia’s energy needs for a whole hour.

Australia, Perth: Western Power’s innovative digital substation pilot has won the national Digital Utility of the Year – Energy Award.

Iberdrola, a Spanish multinational electric utility company, has begun the construction of the Port Augusta hybrid wind-solar power plant.

Work on Transgrid’s QNI is powering along, with the project expected to create 155 jobs and boost the economy in Tamworth and other towns in the region.

A joint venture between global engineering giant Siemens and Queensland renewables outfit Clean Sight, was granted state government approval in February.

The Australia-ASEAN Power Link may be the most ambitious renewable energy project underway anywhere.

Australia’s ARENA is providing $995,000 to fund TransGrid’s transmission capacity feasibility study in New South Wales’ New England region.

More than 850 Australian businesses have registered their interest in working with TransGrid on one of the nation’s largest energy infrastructure projects.

Powerlink is set to proceed with its upgrade on a 50-year-old Ipswich substation near Ipswich following a unique acceptance testing process.

Australia, Loy Yang: 645 t super load containing 340 t transformer moves from Port Melbourne to Loy Yang.

Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: MacIntyre wind farm is a proposed 1,026 MW onshore wind complex to be built 200 km south-west of Brisbane.

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has approved the final element of the Queensland-New South Wales Interconnector (QNI) regulatory process.

The NSW Coalition government has reaffirmed a commitment to an ambitious ramp-up of wind, solar and storage capacity in the state of up to 17,700 MW.

Brisbane’s old transmission line has undergone a $3.8 million revamp, with the process including 105 transmission towers.

Electricity supplies in New South Wales were under threat after fires took out substations and brought down transmission lines in the part connected to Victoria.

Australia, Canberra: The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government is securing the region’s future electricity supply with a new substation in Canberra’s north-west.

Australia, Queensland: A new $9.4 M project to provide upgrades to the Palmwoods substation has kicked off in Queensland and is set to help secure power supply for the expanding Sunshine Coast community.

Australia: Queensland government pledged to tip $132 M into construction of a transmission line, which will link the renewables hub with the main grid.

Australia: Rob Stokes, the NSW Planning and Public Spaces Minister, will give “critical” state significance to a $1 B plan to increase interstate grid connections to reduce the risks to electricity supplies in NSW.

Australia: Powerlink has commenced a $6 M maintenance project on a transmission line in Far North Queensland.

CWP Renewables has announced the start of construction of the 244 MW Bango Wind Farm, to be built 30 km north of Yass in the Southern Highlands region of NSW.

Australia: The substation and transmission line for Goldwind’s 144 MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Australia have been completed and energised.