The final transmission tower has been installed on Powerlink’s project to connect the Kidston Clean Energy Hub to the electricity grid.
The achievement is a significant milestone which marks a total of 348 towers constructed along the 186km electricity transmission line.
Two of the tallest towers on Powerlink’s network - at 85 metres in height - also feature along the corridor.
Powerlink Project Director Tony Janas said the milestone was the culmination of just over a year’s work by the project team and its delivery partners.
“Around this time last year we were celebrating the first transmission tower being assembled for the project, now here we are marking the completion of our final tower,” Mr Janas said.
“We have worked hard alongside our delivery partners to reach this point today, and we could not be prouder of what we’ve achieved.
“Construction for this project has been challenging for the team, with weather extremes and long distances a factor, but part of life in the north of the state.
“Work now turns to finishing the stringing of the high voltage powerline, which is already 65% complete, and partially undertaken by drone as part of an innovative trial by Powerlink.”
Substations along the transmission connection are also nearing completion, with one already connected to the 275kV transmission network.
Construction on the Aurumfield Substation is complete with remaining site acceptance work due to be complete by quarter two of next year.
The Guybal Munjan Substation – hosted on the land of the local First Nations peoples – is already connected to Powerlink’s transmission network.
The transmission connection is due to be energised and ready to transport power from the Kidston Clean Energy Hub around mid-2025.
Learn more about the Genex Kidston Connection Project.
