The Southern Hemisphere’s largest network battery will be built at the site of the old Lake Munmorah Power Station. Treasurer and Minister for Energy Matt Kean announced the decision in early October saying that the Waratah Super Battery will act as a “shock absorber” for the electricity grid. The Waratah Super Battery will be the biggest network battery anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere,” said Mr Kean. The Waratah battery, which is sized at 700MW and two hours of...

With a State Election due in March 2023 CCBR is reviewing the support that Central Coast has received over the twelve years that the Liberals have been running this state. Not much is the short answer. Apart from $600 million for Gosford Hospital, a $20 million contribution to the $72 million University of Newcastle Central Coast Medical School and Research Institute, $200 million on a new Wyong Hospital, $16 million for the new Warnervale Primary School, $640 million on major roads, $42 mi...

NSW Opposition Leader, Chris Minns was in Gosford on Saturday 22nd to announce that when in Government they would provide the $8.5 million funding that Central Coast Council requires to progress to Stage 2 for the Infrastructure Investment Framework that will see the Gosford Waterfront redeveloped. Mr Minns said that it was time for the Central Coast to get their fair share of government funding and to make sure that private investment comes into the community. “The Central Coast has ...

Tuggerah based Mirait Technologies Australia has won the contract to provide design and construction services for the first competitive fibre backbone between Perth and Port Hedland West Australia. To be built by one of Australia's largest fibre and solutions providers, Vocus, the undertaking, which is the first major project under their $1 billion investment programme, known as Project Horizon, is on schedule to begin deployment before the end of this year. Project Horizon, when comple...

The days when the Central Coast was a significant electricity generation region for NSW may be returning. Two recent announcements concerning the Vales Point and Munmorah power stations have highlighted their continuing value as centres of electricity generation and distribution. Munmorah is also home to a 667 MW gas-fired power station, Colongra Power Station, opened in 2009 at a cost of $500 million. Colongra, was acquired by Snowy Hydro in 2015. In mid-September it was announced that V...