North Queensland's largest energy project, connecting the region to the National Electricity Market.
QIC is overseeing an accelerated pathway to construct the CopperString project, delivering the Eastern Link between Townsville and Hughenden by 2032 and progressing the Western Link.
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About the project
CopperString is North Queensland’s largest transmission project – an 836 kilometre (km) high-voltage overhead transmission line connecting the North West Minerals Province (NWMP) and Flinders region to the Queensland East Coast transmission backbone in two stages.
