New South Wales federal government authorizes plan for 400MW solar farm with 200MWh battery storage space

• Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery, a project under growth in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, which would certainly pair 400MW of solar with 200MW/ 200MWh of battery energy storage space, has actually taken a step better to going on.

The NSW Department of Planning, Market and Analysis has actually wrapped up after some consideration that Stubbo Solar Farm as well as Battery would contribute favorably to numerous aspects of public benefit, designer UPC/AC Renewables Australia published previously today, on an internet site produced for the project.

It will certainly be sited within NSW's Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), among a number of government-led REZ projects in different states of Australia under development. Australia's biggest intended such zone could be in NSW also and will supply as long as 8GW of capacity, our sibling site PV Technology reported in June. The Central-West Orana REZ meanwhile will house greater than 3,000 MW of brand-new sustainable generation concerning 10 km north of the community of Gulgong.

The federal government department's choice to approve the project remained in view of the fact that it would certainly include in the financial variety of the neighborhood area and create jobs in the area, along with of course contributing to the development and assimilation of renewable energy's share of the neighborhood electricity network. UPC/AC stated the approval complied with a year and also a fifty percent of "comprehensive planning". Along with creating around 400 jobs during the peak of its building and construction, project companions claimed they would certainly additionally profit the area through sustaining the area's Mid-West Resident Council with "substantial financing" for facilities upgrades as well as other campaigns.

UPC/AC Renewables Australia head of solar advancement Kilian Wentrup claimed that the company wants to start building and construction "by early to mid-2022", based on agreements being finalised and also the project attaining monetary close. The following actions now will be the consultation of an engineering, procurement as well as building and construction (EPC) companion and also application for grid connection.

Likewise in New South Wales, UPC/AC started building on New England Solar Farm, described as Australia's "biggest hybrid solar as well as battery storage facility" in March this year, however while that project will have 720MW of solar PV capacity, the planned battery storage space facility will just be 50MW/ 50MWh, although it can later be broadened to as long as 400MWh.

Likewise of note in the state was a current deal checked in May by Covering for functional rights to a 60MW/ 120MWh portion of a brand-new 100MW/ 200MWh battery storage space system under growth in south-west NSW, while at a much earlier stage of advancement is a recommended battery project with up to 1,200 MW result in the Hunter Valley area regarding 150km north of Sydney, within the Hunter Economic Zone, a commercial redevelopment scheme. That project is under development by CEP. Energy, an expert renewable energy fund company in Australia.