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Green light for Marinus Link from Tasmania TASMANIA’S ambition to become the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has been given a huge boost with the green light for the $3.5 billion Marinus Link Bass Strait power cable project. read more »

Sconi on track for December deadlines Australian Mines is completing pre-development work at the Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in North Queensland, inching it closer to becoming a key supplier to the electric vehicle (EV) market. read more »

Renewed confidence in future of Santos Narrabri project EnergyAustralia says the “stars are aligning” on Santos’s $3.6bn Narrabri gas project where it holds a 20 per cent stake. read more »

Sun Cable plan granted major project status Australia has granted "major project status" to an ambitious $22 billion plan to export power from a giant solar farm in the country's north to south-east Asia via undersea cable. read more »

$480m Hillside copper mine secures final approval Rex Minerals has secured the final State Government approval needed in order to develop its Hillside copper mine on the Yorke Peninsula. read more »

Quorn Park solar farm wins state approval Plans to build an 80MW solar farm and big battery in Parkes in the Central West region of New South Wales have been been given the green light by the state government. read more »

Vast $600m solar plant plan for Mt Isa Australian solar thermal developer Vast Solar has unveiled plans to take its technology into the mainstream, unveiling a $600 million proposal to build a “baseload” solar plant in Mt Isa. read more »

Major project status for NT tungsten and molybdenum mine Thor Mining Company’s flagship Molyhil tungsten and molybdenum project in Central Australia has joined the list of Territory Government major status projects. read more »

$2b wind farm to create 400 jobs A PROPOSED $2 billion wind farm project for North Queensland could create up to 400 construction jobs and would aim to deliver cheaper power. read more »

Grid connection agreement paves way for New England solar farm Plans to build a 720MW solar farm and a very big battery of around 400MWh in the New South Wales New England region have cleared another major hurdle, after locking in a grid connection agreement with network provider Transgrid. read more »

Approval for $650m hybrid power station A $650m gas, solar and battery power station has been approved by the South Australian government with the proposed facility set to supply 550,000 homes by 2022. read more »

Australian Potash readies for September approval Australian Potash has the finish line in sight for its Lake Wells Potash project in Western Australia. read more »

Olympic Dam Mine expansion on fast-track list Major projects will have their approval times slashed under environmental laws in a federal bid to fast-track billions of dollars of building work in the recovery from the coronavirus crisis. read more »

Surat Gas Project to start construction this year Arrow Energy has sanctioned commencement of the first phase of its Surat Gas Project (SGP) in southern Queensland, with construction set to begin this year. read more »

Department gives Narrabri Gas Project the tick Santos's Narrabri Gas Project has received backing from the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, recommending its "approval with strict conditions". read more »

Glencore's $1.5b Valeria coal mine declared a coordinated project A $1.5 billion coal mining project in central Queensland’s Bowen Basin is a step closer to being realised after it was declared a coordinated project by Queensland’s independent Coordinator-General. read more »

New legislation will fast-track $2 billion Forest Wind project Plans to build one of the largest onshore wind farms in the Southern Hemisphere on government-owned forestry land in Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region are set to be fast-tracked, with the tabling of new legislation in state parliament. read more »

$3.5 billion Project NEO to deliver baseload power New South Wales could become host to one of Australia’s first solar, wind and hydrogen “baseload” power plants, under a multi-billion dollar plan pitched for the state. read more »

Push to fast-track Queensland mines THE Queensland Government has been urged to fast-track mining projects that promise to create 12,000 jobs and pump more than $24 billion into the state's economy. read more »

Middle Arm battery part of larger plan The Sun Cable consortium has unveiled plans for a substantial big battery in Darwin as a precursor to its broader plans to build the world’s large solar and storage project as part of a $20 billion to export Australia’s “sunshine” to Singapore and other south east Asia countries. read more »