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Elanora Offshore plans 5 GW of offshore wind power in Australia

August 21, 2023 evwind

Elanora Offshore is planning to build a 5-GW offshore wind energy project in the Gippsland region, off the coast of Victoria, in southeastern Australia.

The consortium, led by Elanora Offshore, consists of EnergyAustralia, Respect Energy, Polpo Investments, KIMAenergy and Boskalis, and says it already has funding commitments for the project.

The offshore wind farm, to be built off the coast of the Gippsland region of Victoria, will create more than 3,000 jobs during the construction phase and 320 jobs during operations.

Upon receipt of a Feasibility License and other necessary approvals, the first phase of the Elanora Offshore project is expected to be operational by 2032, while the second phase will be completed by the end of 2034.

When operational, the project will provide enough clean energy to meet up to 40% of Victoria’s energy needs and will offset more than 600 million tonnes of carbon emissions over the life of the project.

“Our goal is to deploy world-leading, sustainable offshore wind technology with agility. We want to be part of a just transition, providing benefits for local communities and minimizing environmental impact,” said Maya Malik, CEO of Elanora Offshore.

EnergyAustralia operates the Yallourn coal-fired power station which provides one-fifth of Victoria’s power and accounts for 8% of Australia’s domestic electricity market. The power station is due to close in 2028. With over 1.5 million customers, EnergyAustralia’s future purchase agreement with Elanora Offshore would support the commercial viability of the project.

Gippsland waters are home to Australia’s first declared offshore wind area and will host several large projects aimed at replacing aging coal-fired power stations.

https://www.evwind.es/2023/08/21/elanor ... alia/93600

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Genex Power moves forward on 250 MW/2 GWh pumped hydro project
Genex Power says that the 250 MW/2 GWh Kidston pumped hydro project in Australia is now on track for completion in 2024.

AUGUST 16, 2023 DAVID CARROLL

Sydney-based developer Genex Power says that construction of the 250 MW/2 GWh Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Queensland is progressing at pace, with underground construction work expected to be completed by the end of this year.

The pumped hydro storage facility being developed in the abandoned Kidston gold mine, about 380 kilometers west of Townsville, is part of the AUD 777 million ($500 million) Kidston Clean Energy Hub, which includes an operational 50 MW solar farm and 258 MW of wind power.

The pumped hydro facility will provide up to eight hours of continuous energy for the grid. It is expected to be completed in the second half of 2024, with plans to put it online in 2025.

EnergyAustralia has already entered an off-take agreement with Genex to use the deep storage capacity, most likely at the end and start of each day, when renewable energy output is at its lowest.

Genex says the roof of the powerhouse cavern, located 250 meters below the surface, is now on. Once completed, the cavern will be 80 meters long, 18 meters wide, and 45 meters high. It will house two reversible turbines capable of generating 250 MW of rapid response renewable energy.



“We’re already past the halfway mark,” Genex said, noting that the project “is creating significant work opportunities, boosting the supply chain, and fostering manufacturing prosperity.”

Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni said the clean energy hub is contributing to the creation of 900 direct jobs, and will help the Australian state to achieve its renewable energy targets of 70% by 2032 and 80% by 2035.

“Once operational, Kidston pumped hydro will generate enough energy to power towns the size of Cairns, Townsville and Rockhampton for eight hours each and every day,” he said.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/08/16/ ... o-project/

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Wärtsilä and AGL complete construction of 250MW energy storage facility in Australia


By NS Energy Staff Writer 23 Aug 2023

The 250-megawatt (MW) / 250 megawatt-hour (MWh) ESS installed at Torrens Island in South Australia is the second-largest operational battery in the country



Technology group Wärtsilä has completed construction at the Torrens Island Grid Scale battery energy storage system (ESS) with AGL Energy Limited, one of Australia’s leading integrated energy companies. The 250-megawatt (MW) / 250 megawatt-hour (MWh) ESS installed at Torrens Island in South Australia is the second-largest operational battery in the country.
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L’Australie lance un appel d’offres pour 600 MW/2,4 GWh
Un appel d’offres pour 600 MW/2,4 GWh de stockage d’énergie dans les États de Victoria et d’Australie-Méridionale a été annoncé dans le cadre du nouveau programme national d’investissement dans les capacités (Capacity Investment Scheme), un programme de souscription de projets coordonné par le gouvernement fédéral.

SEPTEMBRE 1, 2023 BELLA PEACOCK

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Le plus gros projet d'Hydrogène vert d'Australie (Queensland) à ce jour :

Worley secures FEED work for Central Queensland Hydrogen project

By NS Energy Staff Writer 05 Sep 2023

The project, led by Stanwell Corporation Limited and its consortium members; Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Company, Marubeni and Keppel Infrastructure, is the largest investment in an Australian renewable hydrogen project to date


Worley secures FEED work for Central Queensland Hydrogen project. (Credit: Worley)

We’ve been awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for the Central Queensland Hydrogen (CQ-H2) Project.

The project, led by Stanwell Corporation Limited and its consortium members; Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Company, Marubeni and Keppel Infrastructure, is the largest investment in an Australian renewable hydrogen project to date. It also ranks in the global top 10 hydrogen projects at the pre-FID stage.

The project initially plans to install up to 640 MW of electrolyzers and produce up to 200 tonnes of gaseous renewable hydrogen per day with offtakers purchasing the gas to convert to renewable ammonia or liquified hydrogen. The project also aims to deliver renewable hydrogen via its different carriers, to Japan and Singapore, as well as supplying large domestic customers in Central Queensland.

We previously worked on the project as a technical advisor during the initial feasibility study phase. Now, our scope is to supply the FEED study for the Hydrogen Production Facility (HPF) and Hydrogen Transfer Facility (HTF). Along with the pre-FEED study for the Hydrogen Liquefaction Facility (HLF).

Supporting Australia’s decarbonization journey

The project is backed by funding from all consortium members, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and the Queensland Government’s Queensland Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund. At its peak, the project is expected to support more than 8,900 new jobs, deliver $17.2 billion in hydrogen exports, and add $12.4 billion to Queensland’s Gross State Product over its 30-year life.

Commercial operations are expected to start in 2028. If successful, the project will ramp up in future phases to full-scale operations of approximately 2,240 MW of electrolyzer capacity, capable of producing 800 tonnes per day of gaseous renewable hydrogen by 2031.

At the Front End Engineering and Design investment signing, Chief Executive Officer of Stanwell Corporation Michael O’Rourke said “The advancement of this important hydrogen project is great news for Central Queensland, where the project could create thousands of jobs and deliver billions of dollars in economic benefit”.

“The Central Queensland Hydrogen Project is a landmark project, set to propel Stanwell’s operations, the Gladstone region, and Queensland as a whole into a leading exporter of green energy,” said Gillian Cagney, President – Australia & New Zealand for Worley.

“Our work with Stanwell to date demonstrates our unique ability to support projects right from early concept studies into front-end design, and we are looking to continue that support post-FID into the execution stage. The project is aligned with our purpose of delivering a more sustainable world and is set to play a pivotal role in Australia’s decarbonization journey.”

Source: Company Press Release

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Australian resource exports poised to fall

By: Esmarie Iannucci 4th October 2023

Australia’s commodity export earnings are forecast to fall from last year’s record A$467-billion to A$400-billion in 2023/24, and A$352-billion by 2024/25, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources said this week.

In the September edition of the Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ), the Department noted that the global economic slowdown, including the sluggish rebound in the Chinese economy from Covid lockdowns, would cut resource and energy export earnings.
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Japanese companies switch on 204 MW of solar in Australia
Japan’s largest oil refiner, Eneos, and Tokyo-based trading firm Sojitz have jointly opened the 204 MW Edenvale Solar Park in Queensland, Australia.

OCTOBER 3, 2023 BELLA PEACOCK


Image: Eneos / Sojitz

After construction began in June 2021, the 204 MW (DC) Edenvale Solar Park celebrated reaching its rated power output late last week. Japanese oil giant Eneos and trading company Sojitz each own a 50% stake in the Edenvale solar project, which will supply a portion of its energy to Queensland’s Gregory Crinum coking coal mine, owned an operated by Sojitz.

The Edendale Solar Park sits on approximately 428 hectares near Chinchilla, west of Brisbane. The project has deployed roughly 400,000 solar panels and was constructed by Spanish-headquartered Gransolar, which is believed to also hold its operation and maintenance contract.

In the joint Eneos and Sojitz announcement, the pair said that “Edenvale represents the largest solar project in Australia to be undertaken by Japanese companies.”

Back in 2021, when construction on the project began, the partners said Edenvale would sell 70% of its output to “a local electricity retailer at a fixed price” while the remaining 30% would be supplied to Sojitz’ nearby Gregory Crinum coal mine. In the latest release, the numbers are not so definite, with the announcement simply saying “a portion of the energy produced” would go to Gregory Crinum coal mine. Sojitz has had a long involvement with Queensland’s mining industry.

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Queensland declares Borumba pumped hydro project as coordinated project

By NS Energy Staff Writer 12 Oct 2023

To be developed at Lake Borumba, near Imbil, the Australian pumped hydro energy storage project is estimated to entail a total investment of A$14.2bn ($9.1bn) and deliver the long duration energy storage required to achieve the Queensland government’s renewable energy targets of 70% by 2032 and 80% by 2035

The government of Queensland has declared Queensland Hydro’s 2GW Borumba pumped hydro project in the Australian state as a coordinated project.

The declaration given by Queensland’s Coordinator-General will enable the Borumba pumped hydro energy storage project to go through a comprehensive assessment of social, economic, and environmental matters.

To be developed at Lake Borumba, near Imbil, the Australian pumped hydro project is estimated to entail a total investment of A$14.2bn ($9.1bn).

The Borumba project will see the construction of a new upper reservoir and a new dam wall to replace the existing Borumba Dam wall. It is expected to increase Lake Borumba’s storage capacity from 46 to 224 gigalitres.

According to the Queensland government, geotechnical exploratory drilling has begun on the pumped hydro project in the Southern Queensland Renewable Energy Zone. This will help inform the environmental impact statement (EIS) process, said the government.

Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles: “This marks another step forward for the Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project, and further progress towards our state’s future as a clean energy superpower.

“Over the past year, we have led the nation in the construction of new clean energy projects, driving new investment and generating good jobs for Queenslanders.”

The Borumba pumped hydro project will expedite the decarbonisation of Queensland’s energy system.

It will deliver the long duration energy storage required to achieve the Queensland government’s renewable energy targets of 70% by 2032 and 80% by the year 2035.

Besides, the Borumba pumped hydro project, at its peak construction, will generate an estimated 2,300 jobs as well as economic opportunities for businesses in Queensland.

Queensland Hydro CEO Kieran Cusack said: “Our Borumba Project is a cornerstone of the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan and presents a world of opportunity for our local communities and businesses – jobs, new industries, regional development, local investment.”

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/q ... d-project/

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Projet d'ne batterie super géante en Australie :

Australian government approves nation’s largest battery
Australia’s federal government has granted approval for a 1.2 GW/2.4 GWh battery system – one of the world’s largest – at a site northwest of Melbourne. The project is owned by Equis Development, with support from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board.

OCTOBER 11, 2023 BELLA PEACOCK


Image: Equis

Australian Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek has approved the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH), which will feature the largest battery in the Asia-Pacific region.

The 1,200 MW/2.4 GWh battery will purportedly power 1 million households. The project also includes a small solar component and could potentially expand to include hydrogen and battery recycling facilities.

The project is to be located on a 90-hectare site in Plumpton, 25 kilometers northwest of Melbourne. It is owned by Equis Development, with backing from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board.

Syncline Energy initially developed the project in 2021 under the name “Melton Renewable Energy Hub.” However, when Equis assumed full ownership of the project in 2022, it rebranded it as the “Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub” and committed AUD 1.9 billion ($1.22 billion) to its development.

Initially, Equis was aiming for the MREH to go into operations by 2024. The MREH website currently says that a “notice to proceed for construction is planned for late 2023 with commercial operations expected to commence in 2025.”

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/10/11/ ... t-battery/

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Quinbrook targets 10 GWh battery rollout after signing CATL supply deal
Australia’s Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has signed a supply deal with Chinese battery manufacturer CATL that is expected to support the deployment of more than 10 GWh of energy storage systems over the next five years.

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 DAVID CARROLL



Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, an Australian-owned renewable energy investor and developer, has signed off on a global framework agreement with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), as it looks to take advantage of the rapidly growing demand for mega-scale renewable energy supply projects that are teamed with large-scale energy storage solutions.

The two parties said the long-term partnership aims to optimize the energy storage solutions available to Quinbrook across its large-scale renewables infrastructure projects, especially those in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom – a portfolio that currently exceeds 50 GW.

This includes the Sun Cable solar and battery project being developed in Australia's Northern Territory by Quinbrook and consortium partner Grok Ventures.

Quinbrook said it plans to explore the viability of using CATL’s eight-hour and 16-hour discharge energy storage solutions for the Sun Cable project, which is expected to include up to 20 GW of solar and up to 42 GWh of battery storage.

Brian Restall, Quinbrook’s managing director for Australia and the co-chair of the company’s global procurement committee, said the supply agreement builds on an already established partnership with CATL, which includes the deployment of CATL battery systems at its Gemini solar and storage project in the United States.

“Quinbrook has a long history of working closely with CATL,” he said. “We are impressed by the quality of CATL’s technology … their robust product supply chains and the company’s commitment to investing in research and development. We look forward to continuing our working partnership and assessing the viability of CATL’s ultra long-duration storage solutions as well.”

CATL will initially supply Quinbrook with its EnerC Plus containerized liquid-cooling battery systems, with the two companies revealing they are already assessing more than 1 GWh of projects in Australia and the United Kingdom.

CATL, which produced 37% of the world’s electric vehicle batteries and 43.4% of energy storage batteries in 2022, is already involved in multiple battery energy storage projects in Australia, including supplying the battery units for AGL’s 250 MW/250 MWh energy storage system at South Australia’s Torrens Island.

It has also secured the contracts to deliver the battery units for the 500 MW/2,000 MWh big battery in Collie, Western Australia, and the 200 MW/800 MWh extension to the nearby Kwinana battery.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/11/09/ ... pply-deal/

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Australie: Newcastle, le plus grand port charbonnier au monde, bloqué par des écologistes

Article de RFI 26 nov 2023

En Australie, s'est achevée ce dimanche la plus vaste mobilisation écologiste de l’histoire du pays. Pendant trente heures, des centaines de personnes, embarqués sur des centaines de kayaks, pontons flottants voire de simples planches de surf, ont bloqué la rade du port de Newcastle, le plus grand port à charbon du monde.

Les exportations du port de Newcastle génèrent à elles seules 1% des émissions globales de gaz à effet de serre. Avec cette action, les participants entendaient interpeller le gouvernement travailliste, qui malgré ses promesses de lutter résolument contre le réchauffement climatique, continue d’autoriser l’ouverture de nouvelles mines de charbon et de forages gaziers…

« Nous sommes sur le point de lancer notre flotille… Mettez un (foutu) gilet de sauvetage, et ne vous noyez pas ! », lance un organisateur.
Une fanfare est venue encourager les milliers d’Australiens ayant répondu ce weekend à l’appel du collectif Rising Tide pour bloquer le port de Newcastle.Gemma, son mari et leurs deux enfants s’apprêtent ainsi à prendre la mer en canoe. « On va aller pagayer dans le port, à ici à Newcastle, et empêcher quelques (bateaux) charbonniers d’entrer et de sortir du port, et ainsi stopper 1% des émissions globales, on est donc très fiers d’être ici. »
Beaucoup des participants ont voté pour les travaillistes lors des dernières élections, espérant que la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique serait enfin prise au sérieux.

Mais pour Bob Brown, un pionnier du mouvement écologiste en Australie, le gouvernement actuel continue d’aggraver la situation. « Ils ont déjà autorisé l’ouverture de 4 nouvelles mines de charbon . Ce gouvernement travailliste dit qu’il agit, mais en fait ne fait rien. »

Au cours de ce blocage, qui s’est déroulé sans incident, huit bateaux n’ont pas pu quitter le port de Newcastle, empêchant ainsi 500 000 tonnes de charbon d’être livrées.

https://www.msn.com/fr-fr/actualite/mon ... b77&ei=111

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Les exportations du port de Newcastle génèrent à elles seules 1% des émissions globales de gaz à effet

La France toute entière émet elle 0.78% du CO2 mondial, moins que ce grand porc.
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Les sociétés pétrolières Santos et Woodside en pourparlers sur une fusion
Les groupe pétroliers australiens Woodside Energy et Santos ont annoncé jeudi avoir entamé des discussions préliminaires en vue d'une potentielle fusion de près de 80 milliards de dollars australiens (54,68 milliards d'euros), dans un contexte de pression croissante à la décarbonation et alors que les deux entreprises sont confrontées à des obstacles dans leurs projets de croissance.
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REUTERS 07 décembre 2023

Woodside a précisé que les discussions étaient confidentielles et incomplètes et qu'il n'y avait aucune certitude quant à l'aboutissement de la transaction.

Une fusion entre les deux groupes serait examinée de près par le gendarme australien de la concurrence, qui a durci sa position à l'égard des autorisations de rachat dans les secteurs en concentration.

"L'ACCC est au courant des rapports publics sur la transaction potentielle", a déclaré un porte-parole de la Commission australienne de la concurrence et de la consommation. "Si l'opération potentielle se poursuit, l'ACCC examinera s'il est nécessaire de procéder à un examen public de l'impact de la fusion sur la concurrence.

Les discussions entre Woodside et Santos interviennent moins de 18 mois après la fusion de Woodside avec la division pétrolière et gazière du groupe BHP, alors que le groupe s'efforce d'obtenir les autorisations finales pour son projet de Scarborough, en Australie occidentale, d'une valeur de 16,5 milliards de dollars australiens.


Lors de leurs réunions d'information annuelles à l'intention des investisseurs, Woodside et Santos ont toutes deux prévenu que les perspectives de production à court terme s'annoncent difficiles, tout en signalant des dépenses d'investissement élevées et des obstacles réglementaires à leurs projets en cours.

L'action Woodside a chuté de 15,4% depuis le début de l'année, tandis que celle de sa rivale Santos, plus petite, a perdu 4,3%.

https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/l ... n.N2202708

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Nouveau projet de centrale step

EnergyAustralia pushes forward with 335 MW pumped hydro project
EnergyAustralia has released the concept design for a 335 MW pumped hydro energy storage and generation project it plans to develop at Lake Lyell, in the Australian state of New South Wales.

DECEMBER 7, 2023 DAVID CARROLL

Electricity “gen-tailer” EnergyAustralia has unveiled design details for its proposed Lake Lyell Pumped Hydro Project, providing an overview of key project elements including the upper reservoir design, site access roads, underground powerhouse, the switchyard and water intake location.

It is expected the pumped hydro facility, located approximately 110 kilometers west of central Sydney, will be capable of producing 335 MW of renewable energy for up eight hours during periods of peak demand.

EnergyAustralia, which is also seeking to develop a battery energy storage system at the Mt Piper site which will be able to dispatch up to 500 MW of power for up to four hours, said the pumped hydro facility will provide firming and other ancillary grid services in the Central West region, and across the state.

The project proposes to use the 32-gigaliter Lake Lyell, which was specifically built to supply water to the 1.4 GW Mount Piper coal-fired power station that is scheduled to close in 2040, as a lower reservoir with a new upper reservoir to be built in a gully on the southwest flank of the adjacent Mt. Walker.

The concept design also outlines plans for a new underground powerhouse which will contain two pump-turbines and electrical transformers. This will be accessed via two tunnels from portals built on the north side of Farmers Creek.

The project will also incorporate existing transmission assets, with the facility connecting to the National Electricity Market (NEM) via a new switchyard that will link to the existing 330 kV transmission lines that pass through the project area to the south of Mt Walker.



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Australian oil company secures approval for 500 MW solar farm
Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Energy’s plans to install up to one million solar panels and a grid-scale battery in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is a step closer to realisation after the project won local development approval.

DECEMBER 14, 2023 DAVID CARROLL

Western Australia’s Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel has given planning approval for a 500 MW solar farm that Perth-based Woodside Energy wants to build near Karratha, in the northwestern part of the state.

The AUD 300 million ($196 million) project involves an initial 100 MW PV facility that could be expanded in stages up to 500 MW. Woodside has also outlined plans to include up to 2,000 MWh of battery energy storage – although this development approval is limited to the solar farm component only.

The company said the Woodside Power Project will see a solar facility and big battery built on a 975-hectare site in the Maitland Strategic Industrial Area, approximately 15 kilometers southwest of Karratha.

Woodside said the project will supply renewable energy for use by industrial customers on the Burrup Peninsula, including its own Pluto liquid natural gas (LNG) export facility.

All transmission of power from the solar facility would be delivered via the North West Interconnected System (NWIS), through existing or new infrastructure owned by regional utility Horizon Power.

Woodside Chief Executive Officer Meg O’Neill has previously said the company is looking to capitalise on the region’s “world-class renewable energy resources” and the willingness of industry, government and other key stakeholders to co-operate on new energy opportunities.

“Woodside’s vision is for large-scale supply of renewable energy to existing and future industry on the Burrup Peninsula,” she said. “We are lucky to have access to abundant natural resources, safe and reliable energy operations and both industry and government that are motivated to drive sustainable energy outcomes.”

The planning approval for the solar farm comes just days after Woodside joined other global players in signing the oil and gas decarbonisation charter at the COP28 summit being held in the United Arab Emirates.
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