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Pacific Green divests 100 per cent stake in BESS project in Australia

Pacific Green divests 100 per cent stake in BESS project in Australia

February 25, 2025 | , ,

Pacific Green has inked binding documents to sell 100 per cent of its shares in the Limestone Coast North Energy Park to Intera Renewables. This transaction is valued at $ 293 million. The Limestone Coast North Energy Park is a 250 MW/ 500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project located at the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. Furthermore, as part of this transaction, Pacific Green will be retained to manage the project’s construction until it reaches commercial operations.

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WestWind Energy inks agreement to construct 1 GW wind project in Australia

WestWind Energy inks agreement to construct 1 GW wind project in Australia

February 14, 2025 | , ,

WestWind Energy has inked a lease agreement with the New South Wales government for the construction of Lake Victoria wind farm. The project will be built over a period of 2-3 years from 2029-2032. The project will have an installed capacity of approximately 1 GW and an annual energy production of approximately 3400 GWh. It also has an estimated capital expenditure of $3.8 billion. The project will also incorporate up to three battery energy storage systems with a total storage capacity of 1500 MWh.

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CIP begins construction of 240 MW BESS project in Australia 

CIP begins construction of 240 MW BESS project in Australia 

February 11, 2025 | , ,

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V) fund, has commenced construction of the 240 MW/960 MWh Summerfield battery in Australia. This decision follows the financial investment decision made in September 2024. The project is situated in South Australia near existing transmission infrastructure. Furthermore, Summerfield has entered into a 10-year offtake agreement with Origin Energy.

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Neoen secures debt financing for 1.3 GW clean energy assets in Australia

Neoen secures debt financing for 1.3 GW clean energy assets in Australia

December 20, 2024 | , ,

Neoen has secured AUD 1.4 billion in debt financing for 1.3 GW of wind, solar, and storage assets. This has effectively doubled its Australian renewable energy portfolio financing. A group of 11 major Australian and international lenders participated in the transaction. The operating assets being added to the portfolio include three solar farms in New South Wales: Griffith Solar Farm, Parkes Solar Farm, and Dubbo Solar Hub.

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Identifying Net-Zero Pathways in Australia: Report  

Identifying Net-Zero Pathways in Australia: Report  

September 20, 2024 | , ,

Australia’s transition to a net zero economy is necessary, inevitable and urgent. Among developed countries, Australia is one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The impacts of nearly 1.5 degrees of warming can already be seen in trends of declining rainfall in the south-east and south-west, an increase in extreme fire weather and longer fire seasons, higher sea surface temperatures, rising sea levels and increasing ocean acidification.

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Decarbonising Australia’s Pilbara Region: Report

Decarbonising Australia’s Pilbara Region: Report

August 16, 2024 | , ,

The Pilbara region in Western Australia underpins Australia’s economic strength. It is the powerhouse of Australia’s resources export industry, the global leader in the production and export of iron ore – Australia’s #1 export commodity – and has worldscale reserves of critical minerals including lithium, strategic metals and energy transition materials. Currently, to power their mobile equipment operations in the Pilbara, the mining majors burn a massive 2.4bn litres pa of heavily subsidised, imported diesel – a high emissions fossil fuel – and rely on fossil gas for stationary energy.

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BrightNight secures approval for Mortlake Energy Hub in Australia

BrightNight secures approval for Mortlake Energy Hub in Australia

July 24, 2024 | , ,

BrightNight has secured approval from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to connect its 360 MW Mortlake Energy Hub to the National Electricity Market. The Energy Hub is BrightNight’s first hybrid renewable energy project and the largest in Victoria, Australia, includes a 360 MW solar generation capacity and a 300 MW battery energy storage system (BESS).  

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Origin Energy acquires Walcha Energy in Australia 

Origin Energy acquires Walcha Energy in Australia 

February 20, 2024 | ,

Origin Energy has acquired Australian renewable energy provider Walcha Energy in New South Wales, for an unknown sum. Walcha Energy has been working on the Ruby Hills wind and Salisbury solar projects, which have a combined capacity of 1.3 GW. The two projects are located close to Origin’s recently acquired Warrane land.

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Equinix signs 151 MW renewable energy PPA with TagEnergy in Australia

Equinix signs 151 MW renewable energy PPA with TagEnergy in Australia

February 6, 2024 | ,

Equinix, a digital infrastructure company, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with TagEnergy for 151 MW of clean energy from the 1.33 GW Golden Plains wind farm in Australia. The PPA will help Equinix achieve its goal of running its business entirely on renewable energy. The wind farm’s 17 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres in Australia.

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Enel acquires 1 GW hybrid renewables project at Australian mine

Enel acquires 1 GW hybrid renewables project at Australian mine

January 16, 2024 | , ,

Enel Green Power Australia, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Enel, has agreed to acquire QEM’s 1 GW Julia Creek renewables project in Australia. In north-west Queensland, the project is situated next to QEM’s flagship Julia Creek oil shale and vanadium project. It will use a combination of solar and wind energy to produce 1 GW of power

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CIP selects pre-FEED contractors for Murchison green ammonia project in Western Australia

CIP selects pre-FEED contractors for Murchison green ammonia project in Western Australia

November 14, 2023 |

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on behalf of Murchison Hydrogen Renewables Pty Ltd has selected thyssenkrupp Uhde, in partnership with DL E&C and its affiliate CARBONCO to provide a pre-FEED to assist the development of the giga-watt-scale Murchison green ammonia project in Kalbarri, Western Australia. The initiative will produce green hydrogen and green ammonia using onshore wind and solar energy.

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DP Energy obtains development permission for 430 MW wind farm in Australia   

DP Energy obtains development permission for 430 MW wind farm in Australia   

October 25, 2023 |

DP Energy has obtained permission for development of its 430 MW Callide wind farm from the Australian state of Queensland’s Assessment Referral Agency. The wind farm is situated in the Calliope range, approximately 75 km from Gladstone and 22 km from Biloela and it has 70 turbines, each having a capacity of 5 to 6 MW. Every turbine has a 250 metre tip height.

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Macquarie announces 2.4-GW onshore wind partnership in Australia

Macquarie announces 2.4-GW onshore wind partnership in Australia

September 21, 2023 |

Macquarie Asset Management has revealed its partnership with Perth-based Green Wind Renewables Pty Ltd (GRW) to collaboratively build up to 2.4 GW portfolio of onshore wind projects in Western Australia. The companies will collaborate on the projects as a joint venture, which might eventually grow to include more projects. Moreover, the partners have already negotiated land contracts for the projects and will now begin resource monitoring work.

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RWE partners with Stanwell for 1.8 GW wind projects in Australia

RWE partners with Stanwell for 1.8 GW wind projects in Australia

September 1, 2023 | , ,

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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