Project development

A place-based approach with innovative governance and partnerships to activate projects, connect workforces, and create value locally.

  • We provide dispute mitigation and resolution advice and negotiation support during the project to reduce delays, cost overruns and escalation of issues.

  • Developing a governance framework that is fit for purpose while innovating beyond traditional form, enables timely decisions, provides accountability and clarity for stakeholders, and streamlines implementation.

  • Assessment of regulatory approvals processes and licence conditions, development and review of submission documentation to obtain development approvals, feasibility licences, as well as project consents and approvals.

  • Intermediary services to build multi-stakeholder partnerships for delivery of systems change and complex programs, working with investors, product developers, community organisations and representatives, and government.

  • We assist our clients with the evaluation, procurement and contracting of consultants and contractors, including tender processes, negotiations and legal documentation.

  • Independent assurance through review and analysis of program impacts across economic, social and environmental domains, and undertaking compliance and assurance activities.

Case Study: Activating water markets in Northern Australia

Acclimate Partners is working with Civic Ledger and Far North Queensland Growers Association, in partnership with the Collaborative Research Centre for Northern Australia (CRCNA), to develop a world first blockchain-based water market for Northern Australia. More than one thousand far north Queensland producers are expected to take part as the project goes live. The project aims to de-risk agriculture development across Northern Australia by addressing growing water security issues and protecting fair access to water in the context of climate change.

The project has tested the paradigm of next generation water markets at scale by establishing the platform to enable the Mareeba-Dimbulah Water Supply Scheme (MDWSS) on Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands to move to a blockchain-enabled water market and trading platform. The project team has developed the infrastructure to enable transformation of the water market operator back office, enabling a dramatic reduction in compliance workload and providing irrigators with a real-time water accounting service.

Acclimate Partners have led the transition planning and the government and stakeholder engagement process and have tested the Placelink® methodology and technology platform design to facilitate multi-beneficial use water planning. Through our approach, water planners are able to improve water planning with dynamic feedback on catchment-scale benefits, including social and environmental benefits from irrigation water. We developed a place-based governance model to enable tailoring of the approach to the specific needs of diverse communities across Northern Australia.

The project has served as a pilot for Placelink®, the digital infrastructure for place-based transition management and outcomes-based financing developed by Acclimate Partners.


Case Study: Activating large-scale renewable energy infrastructure in a newly created energy zone

Acclimate Partners is working with one the world’s largest energy companies seeking to make a billion-dollar investment in renewable energy infrastructure in Australia within a newly created energy zone. In a dynamic energy sector with a rapidly changing Federal and State-level regulatory environment, the project developer engaged Acclimate Partners to advise on the complex development approval process. We were responsible for providing rapid-turnaround advice on licencing and compliance requirements for the project, with a focus on assessing the economic and social impacts of the project. 

The project area sits in the context of a region in transition from coal mining, with complex social and environmental factors to consider. Acclimate Partners mapped the consents and approval processes, and requirements, and provided a baseline of socio-economic factors to deliver a clear framework in which the project can contribute to the region’s existing and future development plans. The final output was an economic development framework, community and stakeholder engagement plan and a detailed analysis of project planning approvals and compliance, including ongoing reporting requirements.

Acclimate Partners was subsequently appointed to work on the implementation phase of the project.

An innovative platform for activating and managing transitions of assets in a place

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