Western Australia begins work on Clean Energy Link – North to unlock 'solar-rich' Mid West

Western Australia has begun construction on Clean Energy Link – North, a AU$1.6 billion transmission infrastructure project designed to unlock renewable energy generation in the solar and wind-rich Mid West region by removing grid bottlenecks. The 11km initial works by Acciona will connect substations across Perth's north and enable large-scale projects like the Mid West Clean Energy Project (targeting 1.2 million tonnes of green ammonia annually from 2027) to connect to the South West Interconnected System.

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