Australia
NSW govt taps Transgrid for Hunter Transmission Project
A 500 kilovolt transmission line will be built.
Ausgrid commences consultations for Hunter-Central Coast REZ
This will be the first Aussie REZ to upgrade existing infrastructure.
AMPYR Australia takes over Shell’s 50% stake in Wellington battery project
It now fully owns the battery storage facility.
ARENA allocates $20.8m for Western Australia grid project
This will fund the development of a system that will operate Distributed Energy Resources.
Australia’s NEM hit records for demand and renewables output in Q4
Quarterly demand was up 2.4% year-on-year.
Quinbrook closes $451.25m debt financing for Queensland battery storage project
It was provided by five banks.
Australia increases transfer capacity of Central-West Orana REZ to 7.7 GW
This was formalised under the Central-West Orana REZ access scheme.
Bright Energy to expand Warradarge wind project
It will be one of the biggest in Western Australia.
Australia OKs 800 MW Prairie Wind Farm
This will energise homes in six areas.
Neoen secures $870m for Australian renewables expansion
This will finance three new assets.
Cubico achieves financial close for Wambo wind project
This will power over 200,000 homes.
Lightsource bp taps Hithium for Woolooga BESS project
This will be Australia’s first project that will use 5MWh energy storage containers.
Australia includes financial security requirement in amended offshore wind regulation
The changes were already implemented.
Australia declares sixth offshore wind zone
The area has a potential for 20 GW of offshore wind energy.
ARENA increases funding commitments to RE projects to nearly $400m in FY 23-24
This covers over 70 projects.
Australia announces 6.4 GW of RE projects under CIS tender 1
These are spread across four states.
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