REZ Project Watch

Australia · NSW deep dive

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Demo seed — verify before use. This dashboard distinguishes between declared REZs, proposed or candidate REZs, access-rights projects, planning-portal projects, priority-list projects and offshore wind declared areas. Status does not imply final approval unless confirmed by the relevant authority.

Data currency: 2026-05-18 · 59 of 67 projects verified at confidence ≥ 70/100

Verified URLs span NSW Planning Portal, IPC, DCCEEW EPBC, proponent project sites.

Project timelines

Comparative project timelines by NSW REZ

Where each project sits in its planning, approval and delivery arc — grouped by REZ so the workforce, supply chain and accommodation overlaps are visible. Bars use proponent-stated dates where they exist; otherwise they follow industry-norm durations. Indicative — not a forecast.

How to read these timelines:each bar shows one project's estimated progression through the planning, approval and delivery stages. Where a proponent has stated explicit dates (e.g. Tallawang construction start early 2027), those anchor the bar. Where they have not, stage durations follow industry norms (EIS 18-24 months, assessment 12-18 months, construction 2-3 years for utility-scale renewables). The orange dashed line is the present year; the red-tinted band is the likely peak workforce window across NSW REZs.

Central-West Orana REZ(14 projects)

Lead agency: EnergyCo NSW · Status: declared

InvestigationScoping / SEARsEIS preparationAssessment / RtSApproved (pre-FC)Financial closeConstructionOperations

New England REZ(22 projects)

Lead agency: EnergyCo NSW · Status: declared

InvestigationScoping / SEARsEIS preparationAssessment / RtSApproved (pre-FC)Financial closeConstructionOperations

South West REZ(20 projects)

Lead agency: EnergyCo NSW · Status: declared

InvestigationScoping / SEARsEIS preparationAssessment / RtSApproved (pre-FC)Financial closeConstructionOperations

Hunter-Central Coast REZ(3 projects)

Lead agency: EnergyCo NSW · Status: declared

InvestigationScoping / SEARsEIS preparationAssessment / RtSApproved (pre-FC)Financial closeConstructionOperations

Illawarra REZ(3 projects)

Lead agency: EnergyCo NSW · Status: declared

InvestigationScoping / SEARsEIS preparationAssessment / RtSApproved (pre-FC)Financial closeConstructionOperations

Cross-REZ network & non-REZ-scoped projects(4 projects)

Transmission and pumped hydro that span or sit outside the declared NSW REZs.

InvestigationScoping / SEARsEIS preparationAssessment / RtSApproved (pre-FC)Financial closeConstructionOperations

What the timeline tells you

For workforce and accommodation

The red-tinted band (2027–2029) is when the most CWO and SW projects are likely to be in their construction peak simultaneously. Accommodation planning needs to be in place 12–18 months before the bar starts — for most CWO projects, that is now.

For business certainty

Projects that have crossed into the approved or financial-close stage have the strongest delivery certainty signal but the most concentrated near-term capex. Projects in EIS / assessment are most sensitive to determination risk.

For councils and RDA bodies

Use this view to spot which projects in your LGA share a construction window with neighbours' projects. Where three or more bars overlap in the same year and the same region, a precinct-scale workforce strategy pays for itself.