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Many people are starting their summer holidays this weekend, taking some well-deserved time off over the next few weeks - including many of CS Energy's own staff. We'd like to wish our customers, partners, industry colleagues, and communities a safe and happy holiday season. Thank you for your support in 2024; we look forward to working with you in the new year. A big thank you also to the CS Energy employees who will continue to work over the holiday period.

CS Energy has completed an $85 million overhaul and capital works program at Callide B Power Station to ensure the site is ready to support Queenslander’s power needs this summer. The works included a major overhaul of Unit B1, which returned to service on 13 December, and a shorter outage of its sister unit B2 that went back online in late October. We delivered the overhaul with our alliance partner Downer, along with key contractors including Multivalve, Intertek, CQTechs and Berg Engineering. The Callide B overhaul follows a period of major capital works on the neighbouring Callide C Power Station, with the completion of the rebuild of Callide C’s two cooling towers enabling the return to service of Unit C3 in April 2024 and Unit C4 in August 2024. More at: https://bit.ly/4045sr4

We celebrated 35 years of Callide B Power Station earlier this year, and as we approach the holidays, we'd like to share this photo of what we think may have been Unit B1's first Christmas. This photo of the original B1 control console was sent in by Keith Quigg, who began his electrical apprenticeship at Tarong in 1983 and was part of the electrical commissioning team on units B1 and B2 in 1987/88, which he said was a great learning curve. Both B1 and B2 consoles were replaced by digital control systems in around 2009. If you missed it when it was first posted, you can check out more photos from the early days of Callide B Power Station, including the construction and official opening, here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gaXcfXm5

CS Energy is excited to be partnering with Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) on its renewable energy transition, with a 7-year deal to provide 100 per cent renewable energy to power Gold Coast and Townsville airports' operations, starting at midnight on 1 January 2025. The airports collectively service over eight million passenger journeys annually, and as the gateways to major tourist destinations known for their natural environments, QAL seeks to be environmental stewards in the regions they serve, including preserving the natural environment on a day-to-day basis. We're supporting QAL to achieve its Net Zero 2030 target by supplying energy from our offtake portfolio in regional Queensland, which will offset almost 90 percent of QAL's Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Learn more about QAL's goals and how CS Energy is helping them achieve them in this video with CS Energy CEO Darren Busine and QAL CEO Amelia Evans. Amelia E. Abigail Koch Brett Clark Darrin Crompton Peter Smogorzewski Craig Meiklejohn Gold Coast Airport Townsville Airport

Our team at Kogan Creek hosted its final site tour of the year last Tuesday 3 December, with 17 Year 9 students and four teachers from Oakey State High School joining us as part of Gateway to Industry Schools Program - Hydrogen (GISPH2) Gateway Day. The students got to tour all around Kogan Creek Power Station - including the turbine hall and control room - as well as the Chinchilla Battery at the adjacent Kogan Clean Energy Hub. This have them the opportunity to connect what they've been learning in Science classes over the last six months to real-world power generation. A big thank you to Mel Street, Yusef Hassan, James Usher, and Brittany Herbert from the team at Kogan Creek for organising the tour and sharing their knowledge with the next generation. We look forward to hosting more tours on site in 2025! Energy Skills Queensland

We'd like to take a moment to shine the light on some rising STEM stars, the recipients of CS Energy's 2024 Callide STEM Award. Biloela students Brendan Conway of Redeemer Lutheran College, Biloela and Anthea Vasiliadis of Biloela State High School were presented their awards by Callide Power Station General Manager Mick Hill at their schools' end of year ceremonies last month. The CS Energy STEM Award recognises Year 12 students who have excelled in STEM subjects and intend to pursue a career in a STEM-related field. The student must demonstrate outstanding academic performance in STEM disciplines, applies key concepts effectively in projects, and exhibits a strong understanding of innovative problem-solving. Additionally, they actively participate in school and community STEM initiatives, showing leadership and teamwork while promoting STEM awareness among peers. Please join us in congratulating Brendan and Anthea, and wishing them well in their future endeavours - maybe we'll see them in the energy industry some day!

There’s a lot more to building a wind farm than the construction, and our team was out in force last week to discuss our Lotus Creek and Boulder Creek wind farm projects face-to-face with local stakeholders in Central Queensland. CS Energy’s Head of Renewables and Firming Michael Johnstone, and Government Relations and Social Performance Manager Jessica Chad, represented us at the Queensland Community Renewables Forum in Nebo on behalf of the Lotus Creek Wind Farm project, a CS Energy-owned venture which is currently being constructed in the Isaac region. They were joined by Erik Cadevski from Vestas, the turbine manufacturer; and Craig Tomkins from Blue Power Partners, who are project managing the construction. At the same time, our Electrical Engineer Sarah Haskmann represented CS Energy at the Advance Rockhampton Energy Forum Lunch on behalf of the Boulder Creek Wind Farm project in Mount Morgan, which we co-own with Aula Energy. Sarah was joined by Charles Daley from Aula Energy, Jordan Mason from DT Infrastructure and construction site manager Jamie Breen from RES. These were important events for CS Energy, providing the opportunity to have genuine discussions with community members, landholders, local governments, and businesses to understand what is important to them as host regions for new renewable energy developments, and what opportunities may be available to them. We look forward to continuing to build positive partnerships with these communities as we become a part of them.

With summer officially here – and on the back of the recent free skin checks CS Energy offers its employees every year - we’ve got a message from our Safety team to remember to stay sun safe, especially as we head into the holiday season “Many people will be hitting the beach to get a tan this summer, but don’t realise that a suntan – as well as a sunburn - is a sign of skin damage caused by high levels of UV radiation from the sun,” says CS Energy’s Principal Health & Safety Specialist Leanne Hartley. “As well as leading to premature ageing, suntanning increases the risk of skin cancer, which is the most common type of cancer in Australia. “Nearly a third of Australians living with cancer have skin cancer, and around two-thirds of Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer in their lifetime.” This summer is expected to be one of the hottest on record, and if you’re not practicing the five forms of sun protection already, it’s a good time to start: 🌞 SLIP on some clothes that will protect your arms, shoulders and legs 🌞 SLOP on some sunscreen to create a barrier between your skin and UV 🌞 SLAP on a hat to protect your face, ears and neck 🌞 SEEK shade, which can reduce UV exposure by up to 75 per cent 🌞 SLIDE on a pair of sunglasses to reduce UV exposure to your eyes. Also, keep in mind that UV rays can pass through cloud cover, so keep up the routine, even on a cloudy day.

We received a few more photos of the Boulder Creek Wind Farm On Country Signing Ceremony with the Gaangalu people that we shared this morning, and they were too good not to share! In the first photo we have our CEO Darren Busine and Aula Energy CEO Chad Hymas following the signing of the Deed of Assignment between our two companies, which are developing the project together in a joint venture, with Gaangalu Nation representatives. In the second we have Neville Hoehne Olympia Ramirez Andrew Binyon Andrew Wilson with Darren Busine and our EGM Customer & growth Emma Roberts, with the Kulgoodah Dance Troupe dancers. This team has been at the frontline of the project for CS Energy to date, and we'd like to acknowledge the fantastic work they've been doing! 👏

Representatives from CS Energy and Aula Energy recently gathered in Mount Morgan, near where the Boulder Creek Wind Farm will be located, for the On Country Signing Ceremony with the traditional owners of the land, the Gaangalu people. The ceremony included history and information about the three language groups of the Gaangalu, a Smoking Ceremony to cleanse and start the project, and a traditional dance and stories from the Kulgoodah Dance Troupe from Woorabinda. CEOs Darren Busine and Chad Hymas signed a Deed of Assignment to signpost the partnership between CS Energy and Aula Energy, who are developing the project in a joint venture. The Boulder Creek Wind Farm will be located approximately 40 km south-west of Rockhampton on the ranges between Mount Morgan and Westwood. Cultural Heritage Investigation Management Agreements are in place with both traditional owners for the project, the Gaangalu Nation and Darumbal Peoples. We are committed to working collaboratively with them and this will continue throughout the construction and operations phases of the project.