For city-dwellers, it can be hard to visualise the scale of production and cracking pace at which the renewable energy industry in Australia is already growing.
Meet the people Energising Australia
Tom - Student/Farm Hand, Jandowae QLD
Tom is a student working on his school holidays cleaning the trucks being used at Cubico and Stanwell Corporation's Wambo Wind farm. Like thousands of others around the country, Tom is doing the essential work of the clean energy transition.
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Carlene - Maintenance Worker, Warwick QLD
Carlene is from the local area and runs a small farm. She has found a great work-life balance, dividing her time between Acciona Energia's MacIntyre Wind farm and her own business.
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Taralga Retirement Village - Jandowae QLD
Thanks to grant funding from Cubico and Stanwell Corporation's Wambo Wind Farm, the residents of the Taralga Retirement Village in Queensland are enjoying greater comfort and mobility.
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Tracy - Cultural Heritage Manager, Jandowae QLD
Tracy, of the Western Wakka Wakka people, is the Cultural Heritage Manager at Cubico and Stanwell Corporation's Wambo Wind Farm, working with her team to recover and preserve Indigenous artefacts on the construction grounds.
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Sonia - Murilla Fitness Centre, Miles QLD
Sonia owns Stenhouse Fitness, which runs the Murilla Fitness Centre in Miles, Queensland. Her business has received financial support from RES and Octopus Investments' Dulacca Wind Farm, which has enabled it to purchase extra gear for the gym, which in turn supported all the new workers who were in town finishing construction on the wind farm last year.
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Maria - Stakeholder Engagement Lead, Warwick QLD
Maria is the Stakeholder Engagement Lead for Acciona Energia’s MacIntyre Wind Farm. She loves giving back to the community and working with the team on site, including around 360 people from the local workforce.
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Gary - Construction Site Manager, Rokewood VIC
Gary is a construction site manager organising the many teams building the complex infrastructure of TagEnergy’s and Ingka Group’s Golden Plains Wind Farm - East, developed by WestWind.
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Lucy - Machine Operator, Rokewood VIC
Lucy works as an Operator at the Golden Plains Wind Farm in Victoria, controlling the machines building the infrastructure elements required for a wind farm.
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Adam - Byrne Automotive, Warwick QLD
Adam is owner and mechanic at Byrne Automotive in Warwick, Queensland. His workshop has been supporting the fleet of Acciona vehicles involved in the construction of Acciona Energia's MacIntyre Wind Farm – the largest wind farm under construction in Australia.
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Kyle - Jumbo Operator, Kidston QLD
Kyle is one of the Jumbo Operators working at Genex Power's Kidston Pumped Hydro Project, and is loving the diversity of opportunities the job is providing.
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Greg and Tim - Farmers, Wandella VIC
Greg and Tim are landowners and neighbours in Gannawarra Shire, Victoria. Greg’s farmland hosts the 60 MWp Gannawarra Solar Farm, developed by Edify Energy, the first utility-scale solar farm to be constructed in Victoria. It is also integrated with a 25 MW energy storage system. Tim’s land is soon to play host to a battery to help firm the renewable energy supply in the area.
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Tony - Project Director, Kidston QLD
Tony is the Project Director for Genex Power’s Kidston Pumped Hydro Project, which is scheduled for completion in 2024 and will become only Australia’s fourth operational pumped hydro project.
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Hayden - Student, Warwick QLD
Listen to school student Hayden's experience visiting Acciona Energia’s MacIntyre Wind Farm with his classmates late last year and what they learned about the key role for wind power in Energising Queensland.
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Wind turbine construction - Acciona Energia MacIntyre Wind Farm, Warwick QLD
Renewables have a vital role to play in both reducing emissions and moving Australia towards a low-cost power system.
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Gurpinger - Site Engineer, Kidston QLD
Gurpinger ‘G’ Mand is a site engineer for Genex Power’s Kidston underground team – one of many dedicated workers that are busy building the underground infrastructure and tunnels crucial for water transfer.
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Carl - Coach Driver, Warwick QLD
Carl is a Driver at Crisps Coaches, transporting workers to and from the site of ACCIONA Energía's MacIntyre Wind Farm every day.
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Alice - Site Engineer, Warwick QLD
Alice is a site engineer at Acciona Energía's MacIntyre Wind Farm Project, near Warwick in Queensland.
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