Project overview*
EIS status |
'Significant project' declaration repealed by Coordinator-General. |
Description |
A 1100-kilometre high voltage direct current transmission line connecting Queensland's North West Minerals Province to the National Electricity Market |
Proponent |
IsaLink Pty Ltd (Cheung Kong Group is the major shareholder) |
Location/s |
The transmission line would extend from Rockhampton to Mount Isa to the Ernest Henry Mine near Cloncurry |
Local government/s |
- Barcaldine Regional Council
- Central Highlands Regional Council
- Cloncurry Shire Council
- Isaac Regional Council
- Longreach Regional Council
- McKinlay Shire Council
- Richmond Shire Council
- Rockhampton Regional Council
- Winton Shire Council
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Key features |
- transmission line
- 2 x converter stations (at connection to national grid and at, or near, Ernest Henry Mine)
- upgrade of existing alternating current transmission line between the mine and Mount Isa
- 70-metre-wide corridor
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* Project information supplied by proponent and subject to change.
Environmental impact statement (EIS) process
Date |
Activity |
24 September 2012 |
‘Significant project’ declaration repealed by Coordinator-General. |
25 January 2008 |
Gazettal of 'significant project' declaration ( 87 KB) |
4 December 2007 |
Application, including initial advice statement ( 2.33 MB), submitted. |
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