The Queensland Government released the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan and the Queensland SuperGrid Infrastructure Blueprint in September 2022.
Powerlink and our network will play a critical role in Queensland's energy future.
The Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan applies a whole-of-system planning approach, setting out the pathways and targets that will facilitate a low carbon economy in the future and ensure an orderly, least-cost transformation of Queensland’s power system.
The Blueprint includes a few interdependent elements spanning generation, firming and transmission.
Renewable energy zones
- Coordinated approach to provide investor certainty and community benefits
- Simplicity and speed-to-market
- Located to utilise natural resources and existing infrastructure
Firming and storage
- Supporting the intermittent generation mix
- Geographic locations that have potential for long duration storage
- Mix of storage technologies
Transmission
- Platform for the energy future
- Build only transmission required to minimise electricity cost
- Advanced technology to support reliable system
We know it is critical that all three of these elements are delivered – no one element on its own will successfully move us to a decarbonised economy.