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Energy & Resources desk

Renewables construction, transmission, hydrogen, batteries and the resources feeding them — where an enormous share of Australian construction and mining capital is going, covered as building and operating work, not policy noise.

Energy & Resources

The grid is the biggest construction site in Australia: HumeLink, VNI West and the transmission decade

The renewables transition is, on the ground, a transmission construction programme — thousands of kilometres of new high-voltage lines, undersea cables and substations. What HumeLink, VNI West and Marinus Link actually involve, and why constructors and hauliers should care.

2 August 2026 · 7 min read

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