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[IMPACT Webinar]
Wire Before Wind: Unlocking Australia’s Trillion-Dollar Wind Opportunity Through Transmission
[Impact Webinar] Wire Before Wind: Unlocking Australia’s Trillion-Dollar Wind Opportunity Through Transmission
Date & Time: 14:00 - 15:45, Melbourne/Sydney Time, November 27 Thursday
Format: Digital Conference (Zoom Webinar)
Description:
Australia’s wind energy potential is enormous—but unlocking it depends on one critical enabler: a strong, future-ready transmission network. Every month of delay raises costs, constrains investment, and slows the energy transition.
This is about more than generating power—it’s about affordable, reliable energy, jobs, and positioning Australia as a global renewable leader that can meet the future power demands sustainably. Federal programs, state REZs, and large-scale storage lay the foundation—but success requires collaboration across policymakers, developers, grid operators, investors, and innovators.
Join this webinar to explore how strategic transmission planning can drive a resilient, efficient, and scalable wind-powered grid—and how that can turn ambitious wind projects into reality before the market passes us by.
IMPACT November 27 Draft Agenda:
14:00 - 14:20 | [Keynote] Enabling Wind‑Driven Transmission: Policy, Investment & Grid Readiness in Australia
Salim Mazouz, Branch Head, Policy and Engagement Branch, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
14:20 - 14:40 | [Keynote] Implementing NSW’s Renewable Energy Zones: From Planning to Power
Senior Representative, EnergyCo (TBC)
14:40 - 15:00 | [Keynote] Enabling Western Australia’s Renewable Energy Future: The SWIS Transmission Plan and Policy Vision
Wenona Hadingham, Director, Planning & Coordination, Energy Policy WA, Department of Energy and Economic Diversification
15:00 - 15:45 | [Panel] Future-Proofing Australia’s Grid: Planning, Innovation and Storage for a Wind-Powered Future
Moderator:
Paul Beaton, Policy Manager, Clean Energy Investor Group
Panelists:
Wenona Hadingham, Director, Planning & Coordination, Energy Policy WA, Department of Energy and Economic Diversification
Robbie Aherne, General Manager – System Resilience, Transgrid
Edoardo Viel, Director - Grid Connections, Equis Australia
Senior Representative, Western Power (TBC)
Insights Brought to You by:
Salim Mazouz
Branch Head, Policy and Engagement Branch
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Robbie Aherne
General Manager – System Resilience
Transgrid
Paul Beaton
Policy Manager
Clean Energy Investor Group
Wenona Hadingham
Director, Planning & Coordination, Energy Policy WA
Department of Energy and Economic Diversification
Edoardo Viel
Director - Grid Connections
Equis Australia
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