Pacific Energy

Twenty-twenty four has been an amazing year for Pacific Energy and we’re pleased to share a few of our highlights ⬇ 🤝 Our team grew to over 600 ♀ We increased female representation in our workforce by 37% 👨👩👧👦 We established Pacific Energy Connected and integrated ENGV 🚗 We acquired Australia’s first hydrogen refuelling facility in Canberra ⚡ We’ve added 183MW to our portfolio, with a total of 933MW now under contract ♻️ Renewables now make up 37% of our BOO assets under contract 👷♀️ We’ve been awarded 11 projects this year and completed 8 projects 🏆 We’ve won 7 awards, including NECA’s National Green Energy Excellence Award – and so much more! A huge thank you to our valued clients, partners and ever-growing team for making this year such a success. We’re excited to see what the future brings! Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season! #cleanenergy #energytransition #happynewyear

It’s an exciting time for us and our client AngloGold Ashanti Australia on the Tropicana renewables project. All four 6MW Goldwind wind turbines have been successfully installed and final commissioning is underway. These beauties stand at over 200 metres tall, the blades alone extending to 81 metres in length. Some serious coordination was involved to get these enormous machines upright, with one of Australia’s largest cranes called in to do some very heavy lifting. Now they’re fully installed, our in-house controls experts will integrate the wind power into the hybrid system – the largest of its kind in Australia – which comprises 24MW of solar, a 13MW grid-stabilising battery storage system and 54MW of high-efficiency back-up gas generation. It’s a huge achievement to reach this important milestone safely and on time on one of the most remote mine sites in the country. Final commissioning and integration work is underway, with the project due for wrap up early in 2025. #renewableenergy #wind power #wind #energytransition #fossilfuelfree #fuellingthefuture

Western Australian Members of Parliament Kevin Michel MLA and Stephen Price MLA joined our Chief Operating Officer Michael Hall on a tour around our workshops and advanced manufacturing facilities in Perth last week. Mike took the opportunity to show the MPs where we design, build, test and refurbish power generation technologies, like generators, battery storage systems and stand-alone power systems, which are supporting clean energy projects across the nation. The MPs were also keen to learn about our new apprenticeship program, which offers opportunities in fabrication, mechanical, and electrical trades. As a part of this program, our apprentices are rotated through manufacturing, operations and construction to ensure they’re provided with strong baseline experiences before they qualify. Mike also shared insights into our proactive approach to gender equitable recruitment and our burgeoning education-to-employment program, both which are aimed at boosting interest in the energy sector and building the pipeline of skilled talent required to transition Australia to a clean energy future. Learn more at www.pacificenergy.com.au. #energytransition #renewableenergy #australianmade #manufacturing 

Wind turbines at Tropicana are spinning for the first time! Two of our four 6MW Goldwind turbines have been successfully commissioned and are now delivering power to AngloGold Ashanti Australia’s and Regis Resources Ltd’s Tropicana gold mine. The 12MW of wind power joins our 24MW solar farm and 13MW grid-stabilising battery system, which both came online in September and have been helping to power operations ever since. The renewable energy expansion is set to slash the power station’s annual diesel and gas consumption by 96% and 50% respectively, reducing the mine’s carbon emissions by around 65,000 tonnes each year. The last two wind turbines are expected to be commissioned and fully operational in the next couple of months. #renewableenergy #windpower #wind #energytransition #fossilfuelfree #fuellingthefuture

✨ We’ve done it! We’re National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) Excellence Award winners ✨ We’re so proud of our team for taking out the national Green Energy Excellence Award at NECA’s prestigious awards ceremony in Melbourne last night. We were awarded the prize for our four build-own-operate hybrid power systems at Westgold Resources Limited’s Mid West operations. This innovative project replaced six diesel-powered systems with four solar-BESS-LNG systems (each with hydrocarbons-off capabilities), which are expected to offset 38 million litres of diesel each year and lower annual carbon emissions by almost 57,000 tonnes. The NECA awards bestow the industry's highest accolades in recognition of outstanding achievements across the electrical and comms industry nationally. These awards showcase some of the industry’s most sophisticated projects, which meant we were up against some fierce competition. A big congratulations to all of the national finalists and winners for this worthy recognition! #NECAAwards2024 #neca #electricalindustry #greenenergy #energytransition #winners

Every year, we go on the lookout for driven university students looking to develop their professional skills and experience over the summer break. This year, we’re thrilled to welcome Melina, Ya-Jun, Molly, Corey, Max, Seb, Dillion, Nimesha and Jorja to our 24/25 summer vacation program. Over the next 12 weeks, these nine students will get hands-on industry experience in their relevant discipline, develop soft skills through targeted learning opportunities, and be mentored by experienced professionals. As Australia’s only end-to-end provider of all renewable energy technologies, we believe the unique experience we offer can play a crucial role in shaping the future leaders of the renewable energy workforce. Keep following our careers page for future opportunities at https://lnkd.in/gkjxBbFd. #futureleaders #renewableenergy #summerinternships #earlycareers

We were honoured to be nominated for the Project of the Year Award at the Engineers Australia's Excellence Awards in Brisbane last night. While our work on the CSIRO Hydrogen Refuelling Station didn’t take out the national title this time, we’re thrilled to have been recognised for our contribution to advancing critical infrastructure for hydrogen-powered transport. This follows our win for Victorian Project of the Year in September, which celebrated the innovation behind the project as Australia’s first all-in-one fast hydrogen refuelling station. A huge thank you to our incredible team who delivered the groundbreaking facility. We couldn’t be prouder of what you've achieved. We would also like to express our gratitude to our equipment partners PDC Machines, LLC and Ivys Inc. for their support in delivering this station. And, of course, a big thank you to our project partners CSIRO and Swinburne University of Technology VH2 for having the vision to make this facility a reality. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with you! #PacificEnergy #EngineersAustralia #HydrogenRefuelling #GreenHydrogen #CleanEnergy #ZeroEmissions #FutureOfTransport #Sustainability #Innovation #HydrogenEconomy #Decarbonisation

Our Managing Director Connected Energy, Mark Sinclair, recently shared some insights with Energy Magazine about our exciting pipeline of projects and how they’re meeting the demand for decarbonisation on the east coast. Mark highlights some of the capabilities we’ve perfected in the west, such as our advanced hybrid power systems, and explains how we’re applying our expertise and insights to projects on the NEM. Read more in the article below.   #energytransition #netzero #cleanenergy #decarbonisation

Engineers Australia’s digital magazine, create, sat down with our Principal Applications Engineer for Hydrogen, Deepak Mistry, to talk about the engineering and design solutions we provided for CSIRO’s hydrogen refuelling station on VH2’s campus in Clayton.  The hydrogen refuelling station project won Engineers Australia’s Project of the Year for Victoria and is up against the other state winners for the national prize this Thursday night. Read more about the project and the future of hydrogen in mobility below.

Recently we deployed one of our very own locally designed and manufactured Rapid Deploy Stand-Alone Power Systems (RD-SPS) at Northern Star Resources Limited's Carosue Dam mine site.     This modular system, featuring the latest solar PV technology and batteries, is now powering the on-site amenities for our solar farm project team, including the office, crib room, bathroom, and general lighting, replacing all diesel-based power generation.     Switching from a diesel generator to this solar-powered unit will offset an average of 1,746 litres of diesel per month.      Powering mine site and construction facilities is just one of the many ways our RD-SPS can be used, and we’re proud to be using our own innovation to decarbonise our project operations.     #energytransition #netzero #australianmade #renewableenergy