The wires the next grid runs on

The renewable energy zone build, the Hunter Transmission Project and the corridors planned through Bayswater and Olney: who is building what, with which status, by when, from the planners’ and builders’ own paperwork.

Networks + transmission

Stage 1 of the Hunter’s renewable energy zone network is finished. Here is what was actually built

Fibre optics linking three Upper Hunter switching stations, 350 MW of an eventual gigawatt by 2028, EnergyCo’s verified jobs figures, and the 40 GW of registered interest queued behind the wire.

18 July 2026

Networks + transmission

Four transmission projects will shape the Hunter grid’s next decade. Exactly one is committed

AEMO’s status ladder, project by project: committed for 2028, actionable for 2029 pending two ministers, anticipated for 2034 through Bayswater, and a costed option toward the Tomago smelter.

18 July 2026