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 |
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