Prime mover convoys carrying massive grid-scale hardware have begun making their way inland from Port Kembla to the substations currently under construction on the nation-critical HumeLink alignment.
Essential transmission works are being carried out to ensure the ongoing reliability of Far West NSW’s primary power supply.
Specialist crews have begun permanent reconstruction of a transmission line in far south-western NSW damaged by a significant storm event earlier this year.
The building of Australia’s largest transmission project has provided a major economic boost to regional NSW, with a ‘buy local’ approach providing hundreds of millions of dollars in supply contracts to local businesses.
A leading energy executive at Australia’s largest transmission business has received national recognition for her contribution to Australia’s infrastructure sector over two decades.
Transgrid is completing the initial stage of essential grid-strengthening projects necessary to uphold stability and security within the NSW transmission network as the state advances its transition from coal to renewable energy.
A critical transmission project to support Australia’s energy transition is also fixing longstanding mobile coverage gaps, with a nation-first initiative integrating telecommunications equipment directly onto electricity towers to improve reception for regional communities.
Not-for-profit organisations across regional NSW have been awarded much-needed funding todeliver a wide range of initiatives to make their local communities a better place to live.
Third-party owned batteries will start providing system strength services to the NSW transmission network this year, underpinning Transgrid’s plan to keep the ‘heartbeat’ of the grid strong at the lowest possible cost for consumers.
Community facilities in the Snowy Valleys and Wagga Wagga Local Government Areas will receive major upgrades from the nation-critical HumeLink project as part of Transgrid’s ongoing efforts to leave a lasting legacy in the region.
Early-career professionals will have an unrivalled opportunity to help deliver the nation’s clean energy transition as part of Transgrid’s 2027 Graduate Program, which is particularly focused on attracting women and First Nations people into the sector.
Transgrid has welcomed its 2026 apprentice intake, with a record number of new first-year apprentices taking up their posts across NSW as part of the workforce who will be called on to help deliver the state’s renewable energy transition.