Renewable Energy

Designing, delivering and integrating the infrastructure that powers the energy transition

We deliver renewable energy infrastructure, enabling works and integrated system planning through practical civil and structural engineering.

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Infrastructure for the energy transition

Australia’s energy transition is reshaping how renewable energy is generated, stored and connected. As the system becomes more decentralised, projects need more than individual assets. They need enabling works, supporting infrastructure and integrated system planning across the wider network.

From access roads, earthworks and drainage to foundations, substations and transmission interfaces, renewable energy depends on infrastructure that is practical, constructible and coordinated. SYSTRA brings together delivery-focused engineering with a wider view of how assets and networks work together.

Design, Deliver and Integrate renewable energy infrastructure

We help clients move renewable energy projects from concept to delivery through a practical model built around design, delivery and integration.

Design

Civil, structural and geotechnical engineering from planning and approvals through to detailed design and construction support.

Delivery

Constructible, cost-effective infrastructure designed for real-world delivery, including remote and logistically complex sites.

Integration

Delivering the Integrated System Plan framework across generation, storage, substations, transmission and access infrastructure so projects perform as part of a coordinated energy system.

Wind turbine foundation under construction

Enabling works for renewable energy projects

We provide the enabling works that support renewable energy projects from site establishment through to construction and long-term operation.

Our services include:

Roads and access design for public, private and internal property roads
Alignment, transport routes, swept path assessments and intersection upgrades
Earthworks, pads, benches and site establishment works
Drainage, stormwater management, hydrology and flood assessments
Foundations for renewable energy structures and associated infrastructure
Structural and civil works for service buildings, retaining walls and culverts
Transformer slabs, tower-related structures and supporting civil infrastructure
Temporary works and construction engineering support
Geotechnical interpretation, modelling and soil-structure interaction
Traffic engineering and site analysis

Integrated System Plans (ISP) for Renewable Energy Networks

Renewable energy projects do not operate as standalone assets. For every renewable project there are individual assets, such as a solar panel, a wind turbine or battery that must connect into that overall project footprint, but also function seamlessly as part of the overall grid that powers homes, businesses and industry.

As renewable energy becomes more geographically dispersed, wind, solar, battery and pumped hydro assets must interface with substations, switchyards and transmission infrastructure in a way that supports reliability, resilience and future growth. This requires an ISP that consider interfaces, access, constructability and long-term performance.

systras.probines enabling works expertise with systems thinking to support more coordinated outcomes. We help clients reduce delivery risk and create infrastructure that works as part of the bigger system.

Transmission towers, solar panels and wind turbines

Renewable energy sectors we work across

Solar

Solar projects rely on efficient design across large sites, with careful consideration of grading, flooding, stormwater and access. We provide civil and structural engineering for solar farms and associated infrastructure.

Wind

Wind projects require robust solutions for difficult terrain, remote access, foundations and construction logistics. We support onshore and offshore wind with access design, earthworks, foundations, temporary works and construction support.

Battery Energy Storage System

Battery energy storage supports grid stability, peak demand and renewable integration. We provide civil and structural engineering for site preparation, drainage, access and associated infrastructure.

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

Pumped hydro provides large-scale energy storage that helps balance the grid and support a reliable renewable energy system. We provide civil, structural and geotechnical engineering for access, surface works, temporary works and supporting civils.

Transmission

Transmission is critical to connecting renewable energy into the wider network. We provide structural and civil engineering for transmission lines, access, foundations, civil structures and site establishment.

Substations & Switchyards

Substations and switchyards are essential to switching and distributing power across the network. We support these facilities with site preparation, drainage, flood management, access and civil and structural infrastructure.

A partner for complex infrastructure

systras.probines practical engineering capability, major project experience and systems thinking to deliver complex infrastructure that is buildable, coordinated and responsive to project realities.

We bring delivery certainty, constructability and technical depth across civil, structural, geotechnical, digital and sustainability disciplines.

We combine local capability with international strength, giving clients access to specialist knowledge, broader production capacity and experience delivering major infrastructure projects at scale.

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Digital Engineering and Sustainability

Our renewable energy work is supported by digital engineering and sustainability expertise.

Digital engineering

Through BIM, model coordination, clash detection and Common Data Environment processes, we improve design quality, coordination and risk management across complex infrastructure.

Sustainability

We also support embodied carbon reduction, resilience, climate risk and sustainability in design, helping clients improve long-term performance from planning through to operation and decommissioning.