

Energy
Australia’s energy transition is driving significant investment in renewable generation, storage and the transmission infrastructure needed to connect new energy sources to the grid. At the same time, energy projects must navigate complex approvals, community expectations, commercial pressures and challenging delivery environments.
RPS helps energy clients turn complex opportunities into investable, deliverable projects. From early strategy, feasibility and approvals through to procurement, project delivery, controls, stakeholder engagement and operational readiness, our teams support renewable energy and transmission and distribution projects across the full lifecycle.
Powering the energy transition
The transition to a more diverse energy system is creating opportunities across renewable generation, battery storage, hybrid energy systems and the infrastructure needed to move energy where it is required.
RPS works with developers, network operators, utilities, investors and government organisations to shape energy projects from the earliest stages. We help clients assess feasibility, understand investment and delivery risks, establish development pathways and make informed decisions as projects move from concept towards implementation.
Our experience spans wind, solar, battery energy storage, hybrid power systems, renewable energy zones, interconnectors and major transmission infrastructure, giving our teams an understanding of the commercial, environmental, technical and delivery considerations that influence complex energy projects.
Moving projects from development to delivery
Getting an energy project to construction requires more than technical feasibility. Approvals, environmental constraints, procurement strategy, commercial arrangements, stakeholder expectations and delivery planning need to progress together.
Our teams support environmental and planning approvals, ecology and biodiversity assessment, site constraints, due diligence, procurement and transaction activities, stakeholder and community engagement, and community benefit planning. This helps clients establish clearer development pathways and reduce uncertainty as projects progress towards investment and delivery.
Once delivery begins, RPS provides program and project management, project controls, commercial and cost advisory, construction management and contract administration. We help maintain visibility across cost, schedule, risk, quality and interfaces, with support extending through commissioning, handover and operational readiness where required.
Connecting infrastructure with communities
Energy infrastructure is delivered in places where people live, work and have longstanding connections to land and community. Major projects therefore need strong relationships with landowners, communities, Traditional Owners, councils, regulators and other stakeholders alongside sound technical and commercial delivery.
RPS supports energy clients with stakeholder and community engagement across the project lifecycle, from early development and environmental assessment through to construction. Our work includes communications and consultation, landowner engagement, community benefit planning, social research and strategies that help project teams understand local priorities and maintain constructive relationships as projects progress.
This experience is being applied across major Australian energy infrastructure, including renewable energy zones, transmission projects and interconnectors, where successful delivery depends on coordinating project outcomes with the needs of communities and stakeholders.
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Ideas for a faster energy transition
Across RPS, our consultants are supporting energy clients to navigate complexity and propel projects forward through improvement across all phases of the project lifecycle. Discover our insights on how project owners can accelerate across five key aspects of energy project delivery:
Meet our energy specialists
Shane Sutherland
Executive General Manager - Commercial and Infrastructure Delivery
Simon Pollock
Technical Director - Planning
Ben Rayward
Executive Manager - Clients and Markets
Steve Rolls
Technical Director - Environmental Planning & Assessment, Western Australia
Marc Humm
Practice Lead - Commercial Infrastructure and Delivery | WA


