Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King
There is a dam of perhaps 1,000 projects waiting to burst upon us, now that fast track processing is coming in, and as soon as the Capacity Investment Scheme, CIS, payments are sorted out, and if the investment case still holds up in the face of cannibalisation from rooftop solar and increased likelihood of nuclear.
First, from Cairns News
QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:-
LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK
unstated Greater Gippsland Offshore transmission on land
unstated Liverpool Range Wind Farm modifications
19/4/24 IPCN Dubbo Firming Power
26/4/24 Punchs Creek Solar
26/4/24 Gelliondale Wind Farm
30/4/24 Smart Meter Rollout
3/5/24 AEMO’s Draft ISP
14/5/24 Climate Change Authority recommendations
4/6/24 Victorian Transmission vegetation removal
PREVIOUSLY
unstated Whaleback Ridge Wind, Zeehan, TAS HUGE
unstated S.A. ElectraNet’s Network Transition Strategy
15/4/24 S.A. Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act
22/4/24 EPA Victorian Survey
26/4/24 QLD Hydro Community Benefits Program
26/4/24 Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro
30/4/24 VicGrid Offshore to Latrobe Transmission
3/5/24 Bunbury offshore
15/5/24 South West REZ
unknown if submissions taken Greater Gippsland Offshore transmission on land.
Release by Vic Govt of Options Assessment Report. 12 potential transmission corridors and eight transmission technologies. Preferred Giffard to Loy Yang. https://infrastructurepipeline.org/project/greater-gippsland-offshore-wind-project
unstated submission date listed 6 Mar Whaleback Ridge Wind, Zeehan, TAS, GIGANTIC 500Turbines 3GW https://planningreform.tas.gov.au/planning/major-projects-assessment
unstated submission date, listed 22/3/24
S.A. ElectraNet’s Network Transition Strategy,
unstated if submissions even accepted Liverpool Range Wind Farm modifications, Gulgong, 52,000 Ha, a smaller number of larger turbines, and change to layout. 220 turbines, tip height 250M, 90 site access roads, 14 monitoring masts at hub height
15/4/24 S.A. Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act – Draft Regulations https://yoursay.sa.gov.au/hreregulations
19/4/24 IPCN Dubbo Firming Power Information www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/2024/03/dubbo-firming-power-station Submissions https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/make-a-submission
26/4/24 Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydrodetails and have your say qldhydro.com.au/community/community-benefits-program/ and qldhydro.com.au/projects/pioneer-burdekin
26/4/24 Queensland Hydro is currently accepting community feedback on our draft Community Benefits Framework approach
| Community Benefits Program – Queensland HydroOur vision is to deliver enduring legacies for our communities via our Community Benefits Framework. Have your say today. |
26/4/24 Gelliondale Wind Farm, application for a Ministerial Permit
Submissions to [email protected] <[email protected]>
26/4/24 Punchs Creek Solar, Toowoomba/Millmerran, 800MW, BESS 250MW/?hr
29/4/24 IPCN Dubbo Firming Power Information www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/2024/03/dubbo-firming-power-station Submissions https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/make-a-submission
30/4/24VicGrid Offshore to Latrobe Transmission
30/4/24 Smart Meter Rollout https://aemc.gov.au/rule-changes/accelerating-smart-meter-deployment
3/5/24 Bunbury offshore,Indian Ocean https://consult.dcceew.gov.au/oei-bunbury
3/5/24 AEMO’s Draft ISP Submissions [email protected]
14/5/24 Climate Change Authority https://consult.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/2024-issues-paper
| 2024 Issues paper: Targets, Pathways and ProgressThe Climate Change Authority is preparing advice for the government on Australia’s emissions reduction targets, sectoral pathways and progress towards becoming a net zero economy. uthority.gov.au |
15/5/24 South West REZhttps://www.energyco.nsw.gov.au/news/refined-south-west-rez-draft-access-scheme-declaration
4/6/24 Victorian Transmission Plan https://engage.vic.gov.au/victransmissionplan Vegetation removal Vic Ministerial permit register – PA2402854
| Developing the first Victorian Transmission PlanHelp us plan Victoria’s future reliable, affordable and renewable energy grid.engage.vic.gov.au |
OCCASIONAL NOTES
ONE – PETITIONS https://www.change.org/p/save-our-towns-from-wind-farms-there-are-other-suitable-locations?source_location=petitions_browse
TWO
The Marinus Link financing. $5.1 billion project. 80:20 debt to equity. New ownership. Federal 49 per cent Tasmania 17.7 Victoria.
THREE -NSW project pipeline
Kayuga Solar Farm – Request for SEARs
Mallee Solar Farm – Request for SEARs
Pottinger Wind Farm – SEARS Issued
Cobar Wind Farm – SEARS Issued
Myrtle Creek Solar Farm – SEARS Issued
Request for more information peninsula-solar-farm
Sandy Creek Solar increased from 750MW to 840MW and has a 3,000?MWhr BESS
FOUR – Victorian project pipeline
The Victorian Government has announced that renewable energy projects will now be eligible for an accelerated planning pathway under the Development Facilitation Program (DFP).
FIVE – Queensland project pipeline
- Capricornia Energy Hub, Mackay, updated https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/project-referral-summary/?id=670d9472-393b-ee11-bdf4-000d3a794b99
- REZ Roadmap Govt. site REZ Roadmap <[email protected]>
comment https://www.energymagazine.com.au/qld-gov-unveils-rez-roadmap/
- 3. Steven Nowakowski, 8/4/24, list of North Queensland renewables which he found by searching “code accessible” at local council.”State Code 23″ at State, EPBC at Federal levels, and on proponent websites such as Squadron, Neoen, DP Energy, Tag Energy, Project D, etc
SEVEN
EPBC announce upgrades to these projects, but it is very hard to discern what the changes are.
Tarong West Wind Farm
North East Wind
Liverpool Range Wind Farm
Gundary Solar Farm
Capricornia Energy Hub
EIGHT
This may shift over time because solar jobs are largely temporary jobs in the installation sector, but as it currently stands, the energy return on each person employed is the lowest for oil-peaking plants, solar, and wind generation.
NINE
Chalumbin, great new video 5min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcOVMrOPTus
| Chalumbin – Too sacred to desecrateThe Chalumbin (Wooroora Station Wind Farm) does not have consent. Now is the time for Tanya Plibersek to use her powers to knock it out. Industrialisation of our precious high elevation forests of north Queensland for industrial ‘renewables’ does not pass the pub test.www.youtube.com |
TEN
Tanya Plibersek’s Nature Positive Laws, 1,000 pages, Robert Plants 2min video
ELEVEN
TWELVE
How to make Money Out of Battery Storage, Giles Parkinson, 1hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icdz-EWvOek Recorded 10/4/24.
THIRTEEN
France-based Neoen, Spanish energy giant Iberdrola, and Tesla have asked for changes t https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-and-neoen-say-big-batteries-are-hamstrung-by-new-rules-and-thats-bad-for-grid-security/
FOURTEEN
VNI West preferred route https://www.energymagazine.com.au/transgrid-modifies-preferred-route-for-vni-west/
ENDS 13/4/24
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Would be nice if it were “projects imploding”.
This inspires me to double down on precious metals.
Look at all that infrastraucture, unguarded, unsecured, and unwanted.
I hope they have good insurance on it because the Greens are not happy about their birds being killed by the ecocrucifixes.
Noted Rafe