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Queensland Renewable Energy Portfolio

Location: Queensland, Australia

Services: Project Development, Project Optimisation

Overview

Bivios is supporting the development of one of Australia’s most ambitious renewable energy portfolios: over 14 GW of wind, solar, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across eight sites and 900,000 hectares in Queensland.


The portfolio has been strategically designed to align with state energy policy, grid expansion, and Queensland’s role in the Asia-Pacific energy export economy. It integrates clean power with next-generation industrial applications including green hydrogen, green ammonia, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), methylcyclohexane (MCH), and hyperscale data centres.


Project Scope

  • Total capacity: Over 14 GW (wind and solar)

  • Storage: Grid-scale BESS across multiple nodes

  • Land area: 900,000 hectares

  • Offtake integration: Multiple industrial consortia including hydrogen, fuels, and data

  • Development status: Staged pipeline with assets moving toward FID (2025–2028)



Solution Strategy

Bivios is providing strategic and technical support across multiple aspects of this portfolio, including:


  • Phased project planning aligned with Queensland Renewable Energy Zones (QREZ)

  • Siting and integration around CopperString 2032 and other critical grid investments

  • System design and modelling to support hydrogen production, export, and storage

  • Unlocking co-location benefits for bio-industrial ecosystems (e.g., SAF, data centres)

  • Alignment with state and federal incentives including CEFC and ARENA mechanisms


Key Value Drivers

  • Export Readiness: 3 GW+ of capacity is designated for green hydrogen export

  • Zoning Advantage: High-quality sites within QREZ Phase 3, with strong wind and solar resource

  • Performance:

    • Wind: 34.9% average capacity factor

    • Solar: 24.0% average capacity factor

  • Grid Alignment:

    • 7.0 GW in QREZ Phase 3 (due by 2028)

    • 1.5 GW adjacent to CopperString 2032 corridor

    • 7.7 GW aligned with reinforced southern QLD–NSW grid


Strategic Fit

Queensland is central to Australia’s decarbonisation roadmap – with its vast renewable resources, advanced infrastructure planning, and direct proximity to export markets like Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.


This portfolio supports Queensland’s ambition to become a hub for:


  • Green hydrogen and derivative fuels

  • Circular industry zones

  • Electrified export supply chains

  • Digital infrastructure with net-zero footprints


Bivios’ Role

  • Project structuring and portfolio phasing

  • Stakeholder engagement and industrial alignment

  • Techno-economic modelling and grid interaction design

  • Offtake strategy development with cross-sector partners

  • Policy alignment and investment case preparation


Impact

This portfolio is not just a renewable energy pipeline – it’s an integrated platform for low-carbon industrial growth, global energy export, and circular value chain development. It demonstrates the scale, optionality, and execution focus needed to deliver Australia’s role in the global net-zero economy.

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