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CopperString gains special project status

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Energy.

The $1 billion CuString proposal to build a high-voltage electricity transmission line to connect North-West Queensland to the national electricity grid has been declared a co-ordinated project.

Subject to approvals, construction of the CopperString project could commence in 2020, with initial commissioning of the connection to Chumvale in 2022.

State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning Minister Cameron Dick said the proponent would now have to prepare a comprehensive environmental impact statement (EIS).

He said the project could create up to 400 full-time jobs during its three-and-a-half-year construction phase and up to 30. . .

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Desirable renewables enhance Copper String prospects

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Copper, Energy.

A simple graph compiled by the Australian Market Energy Operator may hold the key to the successful completion of a major North-West Queensland electricity project.

The long-time proponent of the Copper String project, which would link Mount Isa and Cloncurry to the state’s electricity supply system with a 1000km-plus alternating current transmission line, believes renewable energy can now drive the project forward.

John O’Brien said AEMO’s Integrated System Plan for 2018 showed just one region in Australia, a ‘clean energy hub’ planned for North-West Queensland, would have the highest possible score for both. . .

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