One day after the conclusion of the inaugural NEMdev 2025 conference (during which there was much discussion about the state of the project development pipeline, as Dan has since noted), the announcement was made of the winners of the Tender Round 4 of the Capacity investment Scheme:
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Minister Bowen issued the Media Release ‘$600 million community boost as next wave of renewable projects power ahead’ as follows:
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DCCEEW issued its own Media Release ‘Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 4 to deliver 6.6GW of clean energy’ as follows:
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(A) The project list
Minister Bowen’s announcement contained this useful table, which is copied in here for ease of future reference:
At some future point in time, Dan Lee might update his Gantt chart from part 1 of his recent suite of articles about the CIS.
(B) News Media commentary about the Queensland Energy Plan
So far today I have come across commentary in a range of places, including the following:
1) In the AFR we have seen…
(a) To come
2) In the Australian we have seen …
(a) To come
3) In RenewEconomy we have seen …
(a) To come
4) In the ABC we have seen …
(a) To come
5) In the Guardian we have seen …
(a) To come
6) In The Energy we have seen …
(a) To come
As a reader here, if you come across any other useful commentary, feel free to add as a comment below.
(C) Other notes on social media
If we see anything (that we think is) particularly insightful on Social Media (and we have the time!) we’ll look to note it here:
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It appears that all projects have been reported on the basis if their peak energy sent out (nameplate) capacity, not reduced by capacity factors. This leads to a loads served estimate that is wildly overstated – something in the order of 3 times overstated. The number of hypothetical houses served is thus overstated by the same factors.
Surely, after more than a decade of optimism, reality should be applied to all Ministerial statements and other public guidance papers.
IMHO, the promised 6.6 GW of new power gen will actually deliver only 2 or 2.5 GW, with lower reliability than the Australian Eastern States Grid provides currently.