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The last of 1,500 steel towers have been constructed on Australia’s largest electricity transmission project, completing the 700km backbone of EnergyConnect in NSW and bringing millions of consumers across three states closer to accessing cleaner and more affordable power.

More than 10 million worker hours have been clocked up by crews building EnergyConnect, underscoring the enormous construction effort being undertaken to deliver Australia’s largest transmission project that will underpin the nation’s renewable energy transition.

A greenfield site in rural NSW has been transformed into a world-class substation critical to delivering new renewable power to the national grid and accelerating Australia’s clean energy transition.

Construction of one of the biggest and most sophisticated substations in the Southern Hemisphere has been completed, providing a major connection hub to bring more affordable and cleaner renewable energy to millions of consumers in three states.

Australia’s largest energy transmission project has moved into overdrive with specialist teams making significant progress constructing the eastern alignment of EnergyConnect across the Riverina region.

Australia is powering ahead with its transition to an affordable renewable energy future as the EnergyConnect project marks a major new milestone, with the completion of an upgrade to Transgrid’s 330kv substation at Wagga Wagga.