CopperString 2032 Experience Centre
Learn about the largest ever economic development project in North and North West Queensland. Discover critical minerals and renewables and the important role they play in our energy future.
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Visit the CopperString 2032 Experience Centre
Located on Stanley Street, Townsville City, Powerlink’s CopperString 2032 Experience Centre will provide an engaging hub for visitors of all ages. You will be immersed in the project through eight educational zones with interactive hands-on exhibits. Discover the history of energy in Queensland, learn more about the CopperString 2032 project and uncover the important roles the North West Minerals Province and renewable energy will play in Queensland’s energy future.
North and North West Queensland, are you wired for what’s next?
This state-of-the-art CopperString 2032 Experience Centre is the first of its kind for a Powerlink project and provides an immersive engagement hub for the electrical superhighway of the North to educate and inspire the next generation of energy workers.
Choose Your Role
There are bright careers ahead with CopperString 2032. When you enter the Experience Centre you will choose the role you will play in Queensland’s energy future.
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Generation. Transmission. Distribution.
Do you know how renewable energy like wind, solar and hydro is generated? Do you know how this electricity makes its way into homes and businesses?
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Renewables
Learn about renewable energy and the important role it will play in Queensland’s energy transformation.
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History of Energy
Take a walk down memory lane and learn about the history of energy in Queensland. Follow the CopperString 2032 timeline which dates back to when the original founder had a copper plated idea and a vision for the future.
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Critical Minerals
CopperString 2032 will connect the North West Minerals Province (NWMP) to the National Electricity Market for the first time in Australia’s history.
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CopperString 2032, led by Powerlink Queensland
CopperString 2032 initially involves building an 840 kilometre (km) transmission line from Mount Isa to near Townsville that will connect Queensland’s North West Minerals Province to the National Electricity Market for the first time in Australia’s history. Approximately 200km of additional transmission line will be required to connect new renewable generators to CopperString 2032.
CopperString 2032 officially broke ground in July 2024 in Hughenden with the construction of the workforce accommodation and facilities.
CopperString 2032 is on track for completion by 2029.
Yirendali representative, Jim Hill and Queensland Premier, Hon Steven Miles at the CopperString 2032 breaking ground ceremony in Hughenden in July 2024.
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Powerlink acknowledges the Traditional Owners and their custodianship of the lands and waters of Queensland and in particular, the lands on which we operate. We pay our respect to their Ancestors, Elders and Knowledge holders and recognise their deep history and ongoing connection to Country.