PPA Market Guide for Queensland
Queensland is rich in renewable energy resources, from its sun-drenched interior to its windy ridges. Renewables currently make up 27% of the state’s energy mix. Queensland’s vision for the state’s energy transition is for clean, reliable and affordable energy delivered in partnership with business and community.
The PPA Market Guide will be releasing soon and includes an in-depth summary of what needs to be considered when contracting a PPA, a process for understanding your options, a step-by-step guide for the PPA procurement process, and details on what great community benefits look like. The Guide includes several case studies and helpful tools to show what best practice looks like, when it comes to the social and environmental performance of renewable energy projects. And in some cases, illustrating the challenges and pitfalls too.
About the PPA Buyers’ Training Bootcamp…
Our PPA PPA Buyers’ Training ‘Bootcamp’ was delivered on 27th-28th May 2025, and was our most attended Bootcamp yet (40 attendees!). The Bootcamp is a 1.5-day PPA in-depth training workshop designed to enable energy buyers to proceed to contract via PPAs with confidence. The Bootcamp featured presentations from businesses and councils that have executed PPAs and delivered community benefits, as well as PPA specialists.
About this project…
BRC-A has partnered with the Queensland Government to deliver a series of free training workshops and a guide for businesses and councils in the Queensland Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) regions under the Government’s Local Energy Partnerships Framework. See Media Release.
Renewable energy PPA contracts provide direct benefits to businesses and councils, such as clean, reliable, and affordable energy, and can also deliver social, economic, and environmental benefits for the host communities. As the energy transition roll-out across Queensland, we are committed to working with regional organisations and those looking at purchasing renewable energy in the REZs to ensure these benefits are realised in regional communities.
We commenced by delivering 10 introductory face-to-face and online workshops across the Southern, Central & Far North Queensland REZ regions during October – November 2024. We will now deliver an in-depth Buyers’ PPA Bootcamp and a guide for industry in May 2025.
To compliment the training series, we are developing a Guide to support councils and business operating in the Queensland market. It will support ongoing learning and provide a reference for delivering PPAs and community benefits and will cover the Queensland policy and market context, PPAs & the Community Service Obligation (CSO), best practice standards and community benefits case studies.
How can I find out more?
The PPA Training Bootcamp was delivered on 27th – 28th May 2025. For enquiries regarding the next BRC-A Buyers Bootcamp, get in contact at info@businessrenewables.org.au.
About the introductory training workshops…
Introductory workshops: What we covered
The introductory workshops we delivered in October – November 2024 provided participants with a good understanding of the key PPA basics:
- Overview of the Queensland REZ regions.
- What is a PPA? Key PPA types, benefits & limitations.
- Community benefits & best practice.
- How to form a buyers’ group.
- Case studies: Queensland, local government & regional businesses.
- Common challenges & how to manage them.
- Where to get more information and support.
- Inputs sought from attendees: Opportunities for regional benefits.
Where and when did we deliver the training?
- Toowoomba, 6th November, 9.30am-11:30am.
- Dalby, 6th November, 2:30pm-4:30pm.
- Warwick, 7th November, 12pm-2pm.
- Rockhampton, 8th November, 12pm-2pm.
- Townsville, 13th November, 12pm-2pm.
- Cairns, 14th November, 12pm-2pm.
- Mackay, 15th November, 12pm-2pm.
- Online, 9th December, 12pm-2pm.
- Online, 18th February 12pm-2pm.
- Online: Regional Organisations of Councils. 11th March, 12-2pm.