About Clean Energy Link - East

Western Power is delivering the network infrastructure needed to achieve the State Government’s vision for WA as a world-leading renewable energy powerhouse. The network’s transmission lines, and the wind and solar farms they will connect, will form one of the largest infrastructure, technology and construction transformations in Western Australia’s history.

Western Power’s network plays an important part in safely and reliably transferring more clean energy generated from wind and solar farms in regional areas to homes and businesses.

Clean Energy Link – East is a proposed project to expand the transmission network east of Collie, to connect new renewable generation sources to enable industry and the wider community to meet decarbonisation goals.

Connecting these sources will:

  • provide access to more renewable energy sources
  • keep WA's main electricity network stable with the expected growth in future demand
  • help us all reach net-zero by 2050.

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Project updates

November, 2025

Western Power have secured land for the proposed terminal near Bowelling, as part of Stage One of Clean Energy Link- East.

We have also been engaging with landowners and other stakeholders on the transmission study corridor. Based on this feedback, a preferred transmission line route has been identified.

Both the location for the proposed terminal and the preferred transmission line route are marked in blue on our project map. Ongoing investigations and engagement with landowners is required to finalise the transmission line route.

To enable detailed scoping and planning, Western Power’s preliminary funding for Clean Energy Link-East included budget allocation to purchase land for the proposed new terminal near Bowelling. We still require Government funding and the necessary approvals to build the terminal and the transmission infrastructure to deliver Stage One. To secure this funding, we must include current market costs in our business case.

Contractors from our panel will soon engage with industry and local businesses to gather cost estimates for the proposed works. These estimates will help shape our business case.

Community and stakeholder feedback and insights are important in determining the line design and will help inform industry and government decisions. We encourage the community to complete our survey to inform design considerations and the next phase of planning activities.
Click here to complete the survey.