Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will on Tuesday commit the funds to take over and build the high-voltage transmission line from Townsville to Mount Isa.
that will expand the National Electricity Market from Townsville to Mount Isa.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the state would turn away from coal by 2035 under her government’s new energy and jobs plan.But the estimated cost of the CopperString project has blown out from $1.5 billion to $5 billion, despite only a slight expansion of the capacity of the Townsville-to-Hughenden section from 330kV to 500kV.
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