Excited to highlight the ongoing collaboration that is so vital for renewable energy projects to take off, and importantly to be delivered. 🌱 Genex Power recently spent several days with the team from Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), McConnell Dowell and John Holland JV, and @ATW Tony Martens, documenting a key element which makes the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project a leading case study for the sector: a successful and impactful indigenous engagement strategy that’s driving job creation and uplifting local communities in North QLD. 📈 Plus, we captured stunning footage of the above and underground works, and the many boots on the ground - all making this mega project possible. Thank you PhlipVids! Stay tuned for the video 🎥
This week, our Senior Director of Portfolio Management, Pat Welch, Associate in Portfolio Management, Alison Collier, and Stakeholder Relations team member, Ben Langtree, visited the Genex Power Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project. They met with key Genex stakeholders, including Project Director Tony Ford, Project Manager John Vanderloos, Procurement Manager Sean Hughes (McConnell Dowell John Holland JV), and Marketing Manager Linda L. from Genex. During the visit, the team witnessed firsthand the impressive progress at the site, supported by a $610 million loan from NAIF. Some of the standout features included a colossal underground cavern, 250 metres below the surface, soon to house the project’s turbines, Wises Dam (Upper Reservoir) which is nearing full capacity, the recently emptied Eldridge Pit (Lower Reservoir), the Kidston Solar Farm, and switchyards, where energy will flow through a 186 kilometre transmission line to Mt Fox, delivering clean and reliable renewable energy to the grid. An exciting highlight was meeting several First Nations apprentices and trades assistants who have secured permanent full-time roles on the project, having their training facilitated through Australian Training Works Group and MCJH JV. It’s great to see Genex’s Indigenous Engagement Strategy not only meet but exceed its goals, creating long-term employment opportunities. Find out more about the project here 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/gjBCRMyw