Stage 2 comprises: 

•  a new four-lane bridge over the Hawkesbury River

• road widening improvements through North Richmond

• intersection improvements

• new bypass south of Richmond town centre, and

• improved pedestrian and bicycle user connections.  

Stage Two was previously split into Stage 2A and Stage 2B, with the latter contingent on further funding. Funding has now been made available for the delivery of Stage Two in full.

The Queensland Government is delivering a new hospital on a site at the current Baillie Henderson campus. The full scope of the project includes:

• delivery of a new hospital with 538 overnight beds, including 118 additional beds
• an 84-bed acute mental health facility
• a multi-storey car park
• emergency department treatment spaces
• medical imaging, pharmacy and pathology services, and
• a new cancer care centre.

The Queensland Government announced an updated masterplan was finalised for the project as part of its Hospital Rescue Plan. The masterplan outlines a staged delivery approach for the project’s full scope; however, no further details are publicly available.

ACEN Australia proposes to develop the Birriwa Solar Farm and Battery Project. The project consists of a 600-megawatt (MW) solar farm and a centralised or a direct current (DC)-coupled battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 900 MW / 2.8 GWh. 

The project will be located in Birriwa, approximately 19 kilometres south-east of Dunedoo, in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area, within the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ).

The project will connect to the National Electricity Market via the proposed Central-West Orana REZ Merotherie Energy Hub being developed by EnergyCo.

The proposed Baldon Wind Farm is a 1.4 gigawatt wind farm being developed by Goldwind Australia, to be located 15 kilometres north of Moulamein, in the south-west of NSW. The project site spans the Murray River and Hay Shire Council areas and is adjacent to the Edward River Council to the east, and is situated within the South-West Renewable Energy Zone (SWREZ).

The project is expected to be constructed in two stages. Stage One will include the delivery of 45 wind turbines and Stage Two will include the delivery of 135 wind turbines. The project will also include a Battery Energy Storage System of approximately 200 megawatts / 400 megawatt hours.

The project would connect to an existing 220kV power line, which runs through the centre of the site, and which will be upgraded with the delivery of Project EnergyConnect.

The Gundary Solar Farm, proposed by Lightsource BP, is a 400-megawatt (MW) solar generation project and 555-MW / 1,570-megawatt hour (MWh) battery. The project is expected to be located across 708 hectares of land in Gundary, NSW.

The scope of the works includes:

• a 400-MW solar farm comprising approximately 740 solar panels
• a 555-MW / 1,570-MWh Battery Energy Storage System
• an onsite substation
• a system of inverters and voltage step-up transformers, and
• one switchyard.

Dinawan Solar Farm is Stage One of the Dinawan Energy Hub, to be located within the South-West Renewable Energy Zone and connect to the Dinawan Substation.

The project is expected to include:

• Two million photovoltaic modules with a total generation capacity of 800 megawatts
• Battery Energy Storage System with a capacity of approximately 300 megawatts / 600 megawatt hours
• electrical collection system, three substations and control room
• electricity transmission line infrastructure, and 
• ancillary facilities. 

The Bullawah Wind Farm is an energy generation and storage project proposed by BayWa r.e. Projects Australia.

The scope of the works includes:

• an 815-megawatt (MW) wind farm comprising 143 wind turbines
• a battery energy storage system with 358 MW / 718 MWh capacity
• substations and switchyards to connect the wind farm to the Project EnergyConnect transmission line, and 
• additional ancillary infrastructure.

The Willatook Wind Farm is a proposed 350-megawatt (MW) wind farm and 200-MW / 400-MWh battery project located at Willatook, 22-kilometres north of Port Fairy and 32-kilometres north-west of Warrnambool in south west Victoria.

The scope of the project includes:

• up to 59 wind turbines with a combined 350-MW generation capacity
• a 200-MW / 400-MWh battery storage system
• an on-site electrical substation to the existing Tarrone Terminal Station
• 112 kilometres of underground electricity cables laid within 62 kilometres of trechnches one metre below the surface
• operations and maintenance buildings and yard
• 60 kilometres of new or upgraded access tracks, and
• three meteorological masts.

The project proponent is Willatook Wind Farm, owned by Wind Prospect.