Powerlink Archives - Renew Economy

Storage

New 1,000 MW battery joins queue for federal green tick, with eye to add wind farm next door
Iberdrola is planning an up to 4000 MWh battery at a remote cattle grazing site that also happens to be a key part of the state grid. And it might add a wind farm, too.
Rachel Williamson

May 18, 2026

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Policy & Planning

State-owned transmission giant wants to claw back 45 pct more revenue from customers, citing “increased complexity”
The state-owned network wants to hike its revenue base and add that to customer bills, just as the state government crows about pushing power costs down.
Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2026

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Queensland to spend $1.3bn to get CopperString shovel-ready in 2024
The bulk payment covers everything the huge transmission project will need to get to full construction, from workers camps to equipment like transformers.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 1, 2023

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Renewables

Queensland proposes 12 renewable energy zones in dash to quit coal
Queensland Labor government identifies 12 renewable energy zones to help Australia’s most coal dependent state shift to 80% renewables in just over a decade.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 11, 2023

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Battery

Genex switches on its first big battery project on time and on budget
Genex says its first big battery is now energised, and will be up and running in time for the summer peak.
Rachel Williamson

Jun 28, 2023

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Queensland breaks ground on massive Wambo wind and battery project
Works have begun on what stands to be a 500MW wind farm and big battery in Queensland’s Western Downs region, half owned by the state government.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 8, 2023

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100 new towers: Powerlink cements plan to connect Australia’s biggest wind precinct by 2024
Powerlink says it has erected the 100th transmission tower as part of its plan to connect Australia’s biggest wind precinct.
Rachel Williamson

May 23, 2023

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Renewables

Queensland gets ready for a grid without coal
Powerlink CEO explains how the Australian state with the biggest dependence on coal is getting ready to have no coal power at all in little more than a decade.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 23, 2023

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Transmission company signs connection deal for 252MW wind project in new REZ
Construction of new 252MW wind farm in Queensland to start soon after connection deal signed with transmission company.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 27, 2023

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Solar

Biggest solar farm in Queensland connected to the grid
Massive 400MW solar component of the Western Downs green energy hub has been connected to the grid in south east Queensland.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 28, 2021

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Kidston pumped hydro project gets $147m state government boost
Genex locks in a $147m funding commitment from the Queensland government to establish new network link to Kidston pumped hydro project.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 5, 2021

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Renewables

Queensland utility teams with BoM to boost solar and wind forecasting
Powerlink announces “strategic partnership” with Bureau of Meteorology to better inform planning and decision-making on its increasingly renewable grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 5, 2020

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