Geraldton left out of $342m energy upgrade

Geraldton left out of $342m energy upgrade

The State Government missed a golden opportunity to boost power transmission to Geraldton when it failed to include the city in a $342 million upgrade to the energy grid, according to a local MP.

WA signs off on largest grid upgrade in a decade - Ecogeneration

Image: welshpix/stock.adobe.comWestern Australia has locked in $342 million in contracts to upgrade the northern South West Interconnected System (SWIS). The funding for key transmission infrastructure is set to enable an additional 1.4GW of renewable energy to flow into the grid. The contracts were awarded to UGL Engineering, Acciona, and GenusPlus under the Clean Energy Link – North program, part of Western Power’s $584 million budget allocati…