One of Australia’s top renewables developers has slashed around 30 staff from its key construction division as planning bottlenecks and rising costs continue to stifle investment growth in a sector critical to the Albanese government’s energy plans.
Acciona Energia, the energy arm of multinational infrastructure giant Acciona, is the developer behind some of Australia’s biggest renewable energy projects, including the massive MacIntyre Wind Farm in south-east Queensland and the Aldoga Solar Farm near Rockhampton.