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Clean Energy Link - North Project

PROJECT STATUS
Under Delivery
Clean Energy Link - North Project

The Clean Energy Link - North Project is a proposed 330-kilovolt (kV) and 132-kV transmission line and terminal builds within the existing network which will connect Western Power’s Northern Terminal in Malaga to Neerabup Terminal in Pinjar. Work will also include existing line conversions and reinforcement work.

Key Dates

Jan 2025 Contract Award: Substation Works
Jan 2025 Contract Award: Electricity Works
Jan 2025 Construction Commencement
Dec 2027 Expected Construction Completion

Funding contributions

User charges

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Western Power
Successful Tenderer: Genus - new terminal builds and associated line, augmentation of existing terminals UGL - Electricity Works

PROJECT HISTORY

Feb 2024 Western Power submitted plans for the Clean Energy Link - North Project to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water and the Environmental Protection Authority for environmental approval.
May 2024 The 2024-25 WA Budget detailed $186 million to be spent by WA Government-owned Western Power to progress the Clean Energy Link North and undertake other early investigative works for potential transmission network augmentations to support the decarbonisation of the SWIS and enable more renewable energy sources to be connected to the network.
Jan 2025 Western Power announced that Genus has been awarded the $270 million contract to design and construct two new 330-kV and 132-kV terminal builds at Regans Ford and Eneabba and an associated line, and augmentation of the existing 330-kV Northern and Eneabba terminals. Works will start in January and be complete in mid-2027.
Jan 2025 Western Power announced that UGL has been awarded the contract to design, supply, install and commission extensions to the existing Neerabup 132kV and 330kV substations. Works will commence in February and take two years to complete.
Mar 2025 The project was included in the Federal Government's inaugural Renewable Energy Priority List. The Priority List aims to provide coordinated support through Federal, state and territory regulatory and environmental approval processes on a case-by-case basis and provide a 'faster to yes, faster to no' approach to regulatory approvals.
Estimated Total Cost
(2024)
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Unconfirmed |
Location
Western Australia |
Resources
Government resources
National Renewable Energy Priority List
Media releases
2025/01/21 - UGL contract award
2025/01/10 - Genus contract award
2024/02/29 - Environmental approval
Project pages
Western Power
Major Contract

Clean Energy Link - North - Mullaloo/Wangara Substations to Neerabup Terminal

PROJECT STATUS
Awarded
Clean Energy Link - North - Mullaloo/Wangara Substations to Neerabup Terminal

The Clean Energy Link - North Project is a proposed 330-kilovolt (kV) and 132-kV transmission line and terminal builds within the existing network which will connect Western Power’s Northern Terminal in Malaga to Neerabup Terminal in Pinjar. Work will also include existing line conversions and reinforcement work.

The Mullaloo/Wangara Substations to Neerabup Terminal contract includes:

  • 26.5 kilometres of 132 kV transmission line
  • 6.7 kilometres of 132 kV underground cable
  • 17 kilometres of 132 kV stringing of vacant side, and
  • other enabling works including substation and terminal upgrades.

Key Dates

Jul 2025 Contract Award
Mar 2026 Expected Construction Commencement
Jul 2027 Expected Construction Completion

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Western Power
Successful Tenderer: ACCIONA

PROJECT HISTORY

Jul 2025 ACCIONA has been awarded a contract to deliver the 26.5-kilometre, 132 kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line from Wangara to Neerabup Terminal, alongside other enabling works. A contract value has not been disclosed, however it is understood to be approximately $168 million.
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
Western Australia |
Resources
Media releases
2025/07/24 - Contract award (ACCIONA)
2025/07/23 - Contract award (Western Power)
Project pages
Western Power
Major Contract

Clean Energy Link - North - Northern Terminal to Three Springs Terminal

PROJECT STATUS
Awarded
Clean Energy Link - North - Northern Terminal to Three Springs Terminal

The Clean Energy Link - North Project is a proposed 330-kilovolt (kV) and 132-kV transmission line and terminal builds within the existing network which will connect Western Power’s Northern Terminal in Malaga to Neerabup Terminal in Pinjar. Work will also include existing line conversions and reinforcement work.

The Northern Terminal to Three Springs Terminal contract includes conversion of 290 kilometres of existing 132 kV transmission line to 330 kV from Northern Terminal in Malaga to substations at Pinjar, Regans, Cataby, Eneabba and then Three Springs, and a new double circuit transmission line between Eneabba and Eneabba Terminal.

 

Key Dates

Jul 2025 Contract Award
Dec 2025 Expected Construction Commencement
Dec 2027 Expected Construction Completion

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Western Power
Successful Tenderer: UGL

PROJECT HISTORY

Feb 2024 The project was referred to the WA Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water for State and Federal approval.
Jul 2025 The WA Government has announced the signing of a contract with UGL to deliver works at the Three Springs Terminal and at Neerabup Terminal, including transmission and electrical substation equipment, transmission line modification works, and connection of the Neerabup Terminal to the Neerabup Substation. Construction is expected to commence this year and be complete in 2027.
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) |
Location
Western Australia |
Resources
Media releases
2025/07/23
2025/07/23 - Contract award (Western Power)
Project pages
Northern Terminal to Neerabup Terminal
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