CASE STUDIES
BHP Mitsubishi Alliance
BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) assets are set to become the first Australian operations at BHP to run under renewable power arrangements for 100 per cent of their electricity needs, through power purchase agreements with CleanCo for BMA’s Queensland operations. Demonstrating commitment to a strong, long-term partnership, in August 2024, BMA entered into a new power purchase agreement with CleanCo. When combined with another renewable power purchase agreement signed in 2023, the new seven-year agreement is expected to allow BMA to meet all of its currently forecasted electricity needs from sources such as solar, wind and pumped hydro when the new power purchase agreement commences from FY2027
Reinforcing our unique place in the Queensland energy landscape, CleanCo has incorporated storage capabilities of our Wivenhoe Pumped Hydro Power Station into our arrangements with BMA. This means renewable energy is virtually stored at Wivenhoe for the benefit of BMA when it is required and allows us to effectively match the renewable energy purchased to those times when the customer needs electricity most – not just when wind and solar energy is available.
Queensland’s Clean Energy Supply Chain
CleanCo plays a unique role in Queensland’s energy landscape – not just as a provider of firmed renewable energy, but as a connector across the commercial and industrial sectors. By bringing businesses together, we help uncover shared opportunities, tackle decarbonisation challenges, and unlock the full value of clean energy across the state.
Through initiatives that foster collaboration, such as site visits and customer engagement sessions, we’ve enabled conversations between companies that don’t often cross paths, yet all contribute to the broader value chain and share a commitment to lower emissions.
As CleanCo customers, businesses spanning the full supply chain – from canning and beverage manufacturing to retail distribution and shopping centres – came together through these conversations, recognised how their operations align, and how CleanCo’s energy solutions continue supporting every step of the journey, from start to finish.
It sparked a powerful vision, one that’s already taking shape as partners connect, collaborate, and share feedback on what they need: an electric vehicle, charged using CleanCo’s firmed renewables, collecting cans from a canning facility, returning to the beverage manufacturer to be filled, delivering products to retail distribution centres, and arriving at shopping centres – all part of a value chain powered by CleanCo, with future opportunities to expand that value even further through electric vehicle charging.
It’s a real and growing example of what’s possible – a clean, connected supply chain driven by shared ambition and firmed renewable energy.
This is just the beginning. The conversations spark new partnerships, value, and solutions. We’re proud to work with forward-thinking businesses shaping a cleaner Queensland – trusting CleanCo to deliver reliable, lower-emissions energy that supports their goals across the chain.
North Queensland Airports
CleanCo is supplying renewable energy for 100% of the group’s land operations at Cairns and Mackay Airports. This collaboration means that locally sourced renewable energy will help propel Queensland to be a world leader in sustainable travel experiences. It allows Queenslanders to make a direct connection between the renewables we are investing in, the journeys they travel and the airports they visit in beautiful North Queensland.
Suntory Oceania
Some of Australia’s favourite beverages will soon be manufactured using renewable energy, with a deal between CleanCo and Suntory Oceania enabling a state-of-the-art net zero manufacturing and distribution facility in Swanbank. Under the agreement, CleanCo will supply electricity and large-scale generation certificates (LGCs) covering 100% of Suntory Oceania’s electricity requirements.
Orora
CleanCo has partnered with leading sustainable packaging solutions provider Orora to secure long-term supply of renewable energy for the company’s can manufacturing facility at Rocklea, Queensland. Under the agreement, the Rocklea facility will be powered by 18 GWh of renewable energy, complementing the sustainable credentials of Orora cans, an infinitely recyclable packaging option produced from aluminium.
Demonstrating a collective commitment to sustainability, Suntory Oceania is also a valued customer of Orora. This means beverages produced at Suntory Oceana’s Swanbank facility, and canned using products manufactured at Orora’s Rocklea facility, are being produced with the power of locally sourced renewable energy.