With a combined experience of more than 40 years delivering environmental heritage and planning advice, we have contributed to numerous projects. We are located in North Qld, but deliver projects across Qld and NSW.
Echo Consultants resources have more than 40 years experience delivering environmental and heritage advice and services on construction and maintenance of distribution and transmission networks/assets. Projects over the years are too numerous to list but recent projects include the Genex Kidston Connection 275kV Transmission Line with Powerlink Queensland.
Echo Consultants (with partners) scopes and investigates potential renewable energy – solar, pumped hydro, battery storage, wind – development sites in Qld, NSW, SA.
Once sites are identified, Echo undertakes landholder negotiations and lease agreements; completes constraints and due diligence reporting covering environmental, planning and site selection information; liaises with stakeholders and regulators; obtains Development Approval; assists with electricity connection agreement and seeks potential PPA options. Developments are packaged and offered by invitation to the Market.
Echo Consultants undertook scoping and investigation of potential pumped hydro energy storage development sites in Qld and NSW.
Echo provided constraints and due diligence reports covering environmental, planning and site selection information.
Selected sites continued to further feasibility assessment and required negotiation with regulators regarding water legislation reform. Echo delivered an Environmental and Cultural Heritage Review Report (including a preliminary ecological assessment), facilitated a dam constructibility assessment, and reviewed planning constraints and requirements for a proposed development.