BlueFloat Energy and Origin Energy have announced a partnership and applied for a Feasibility Licence to develop the Eastern Rise Offshore Wind Project in the declared Hunter offshore wind zone, Australia. The proposed project is located off the Hunter-Port Stephens coast and has the capacity to generate 1.725 GW of renewable electricity.
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Worley Ltd, an Australian engineering company, has been awarded to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for Queensland’s largest renewable hydrogen project that is being realised by a consortium led by Stanwell Corp. Worley was previously involved in the project as a technical advisor during the preliminary feasibility study.
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RWE and Stanwell have teamed up to construct two onshore wind farms with a total capacity of 1.8 GW in Queensland Australia. Stanwell will look into energy offtakes and probable equity investment in RWE’s 1.1 GW Theodore wind farm which is under construction near the town of Biloela. A second wind project with 720 MW of capacity is at an initial stage of construction in the southern part of the state.
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The sites for three new solar farms have been secured by a joint venture (JV) between Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia and Genesis Energy on the north island of New Zealand. With an aggregated capacity of 400 MW, the three solar projects, namely, Manawatu, Waikato, and Hawke Bay, have capacities of 200 MW, 100 MW, and 100 MW, respectively.
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BP has completed the concept development phase study of a green hydrogen project in Kwinana, Western Australia, and it has identified two viable base-case scenarios for production. The H2Kwinana energy centre will be able to deliver green hydrogen for both the domestic market and exports. The completion of the feasibility study was announced by the Western Australian government.
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Wärtsilä and AGL Energy of Finland have completed the Torrens Island grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia. The BESS plant, the second-largest operational battery in the country, will have the capacity to supply an hour’s worth of power to 75,000 homes in South Australia. In addition to balancing the energy produced by the renewable energy source.
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Rio Tinto Group, an Anglo-Australian mining company, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to develop 4 GW of utility-scale wind and solar power projects for its aluminium projects in central and southern Queensland, bordering south Australia. The large-scale renewable projects would assist the company in achieving its climate change targets, which are aligned with the Paris Accord.
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CS Energy, an Australian electricity company, has signed a MoU with EDF Renewables for the construction of the 230 MW Banana Range Wind Farm in Central Queensland. The Banana Range Wind Farm, which will be in the Biloela region, will be able to generate enough clean energy to power 15,000 homes. During the construction phase, the project is planned to provide 150 jobs. Construction on the site is set to begin in 2024, with the project slated to be completed in 2026.
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Contact Energy has announced that it will proceed with the construction of the Tauhara Geothermal plant for an estimated investment of $418 million. The project will have an installed capacity of 150 MW and will be located on the Tauhara field, near Taupo. The company is set to begin construction of the project shortly and will expect to complete the project by the middle of 2023.The project construction will provide employment to about 500 people. Once commissioned, the project will generate 1,300 GWh of electricity annually.
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Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) with its partners has submitted two proposals to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for green hydrogen projects in Victoria and Western Australia. These projects were selected by ARENA along with five other projects after expressions of interest in May 2020 as part of the $70 million Renewable Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round.
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Woodside Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tasmanian Government outlining the state’s support for the company’s H2TAS project, which is a proposed renewable hydrogen production facility in Bell Bay. The signing of this MoU demonstrates support for companies, such as Woodside, looking to develop the hydrogen industry in Tasmania.
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Neoen, a renewable energy developer, has initiated the planning process for a 500 MW/1,000 MWh battery storage project in New South Wales. The project will be located around 100km west of Sydney, near the site of the former Wallerawang coal-fired power station. The project, referred to as the ‘Great Western Battery’, would form a major part of an evolving New South Wales energy grid.
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