Name
Lane Crockett
Job title
Executive General Manager, Assets
Organisation
SEC Victoria
Speaker biography
Lane Crockett joined the SEC in July 2023 and leads SEC’s investments in renewable energy and storage assets. Lane brings 35 years’ experience in the energy industry, including 20 years in renewable energy.
Prior to the SEC, Lane was Executive Director at Sentient Impact Group, where he helped grow an institutional level impact investment business. This followed five years at Impact Investment Group establishing several solar funds in support of Australia's clean energy transition. Lane was Head of Country at Pacific Hydro (now Pacific Blue) and held Director roles at the Clean Energy Council and the Australian Energy Council.
Prior to the SEC, Lane was Executive Director at Sentient Impact Group, where he helped grow an institutional level impact investment business. This followed five years at Impact Investment Group establishing several solar funds in support of Australia's clean energy transition. Lane was Head of Country at Pacific Hydro (now Pacific Blue) and held Director roles at the Clean Energy Council and the Australian Energy Council.
Speaking At
AWIF Presentation title
Delburn Wind Farm – Latrobe Valley’s first state-owned utility scale wind farm
AWIF Presentation summary
As one of a handful of Australian wind projects to gain FID status in 2025 – and the only one in Victoria – SEC is excited to share our progress, construction timeline and positive ambition for the Delburn Wind Farm. The project, now 100% owned by SEC, will be the state’s first state-owned utility-scale wind farm. This presentation will outline how SEC’s +$600m investment in the 33 turbine, 205 MW project aligns with our market enablement agenda and demonstrates that the business case for wind energy generation in Victoria remains strong. The wind farm, which overlooks the former Hazelwood Mine site in the Latrobe Valley, has the potential to be a beacon for renewable energy generation investment in the Valley and wider Gippsland region – the heart of Victoria’s power generation. The presentation will outline the importance of a foundation developer partnership, existing (positive) community relationships, existing workforce and services and how flexibility is key to identify and move through key challenges. For the Delburn Wind Farm, these challenges were particularly around port infrastructure, local content and supplier negotiations to ensure turbine design will meet requirements for building the wind farm within an existing pine plantation. While wind farm and plantation co-location is common in Europe, Delburn will be the first of its kind in Australia.
