ACCIONA, in the ACEREZ partnership with COBRA and Endeavour Energy, has reached financial close for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the transmission network for the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in New South Wales, Australia.

 The project includes 90 km of 500 kV transmission lines and 150 km of 330 kV transmission lines to connect several renewable energy generation facilities to the grid. They will extend from Elong Elong in the west to Barigan Creek in the east via the Merotherie power centre, with eight substations. The Central-West Orana project, which covers 20,000 square kilometres, will initially involve the deployment of up to 4.5GW of grid capacity, equivalent to the supply for two million homes. 

EnergyCo has appointed ACEREZ – a consortium of ACCIONA, COBRA, and Endeavour Energy – to design, build and finance the Central-West Orana REZ transmission project and operate and maintain it for the next 35 years. The ACEREZ partnership will work together with landowners, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, community members, councils and other stakeholders to offer a sustainable energy future for the region.