Dinawan Energy Hub project Scoping Reports submitted

The Dinawan Energy Hub is a proposed hybrid wind, solar and battery storage project located about halfway between Coleambally and Jerilderie, on the land of the traditional owners of the Wiradjuri people and several smaller nations of the Murrumbidgee plains.

The Energy Hub?is proposed to be within the NSW South-West Renewable Energy Zone and is developed by Spark Renewables , a leading developer and long-term owner of renewable energy projects.?

Spark Renewables has commissioned consultants to undertake a series of preliminary environmental assessments and prepare two Scoping Reports: one for the proposed wind farm and one for the solar farm. The Scoping Reports outline the proposed project in more detail and identify important issues that will require further assessment, consultation or technical studies.

?The Scoping Reports were submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) and are available via the following links:

• Dinawan Energy Hub Wind Farm Scoping Report
• Dinawan Energy Hub Solar Farm Scoping Report

Next, the DPE will issue its requirements, known as Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs), within 28 days of receiving the Scoping Reports. The SEARs will need to be addressed in a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for each project that will be prepared over the coming year.

The community will be consulted further during the EIS preparation and have the opportunity to make a formal submission when the EIS goes on public exhibition.

If you have any questions or would like to set up a?meeting, please contact us at?[email protected]?or leave a message at?1300 271 419.

Project overview

• Generation capacity of 1,500 MW (wind farm) and 1,000 MW (solar farm).
• 'On demand' battery energy with a capacity of 300 MW.
• Powering up to 1 million homes.
• Equivalent to offsetting ~6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually or planting 160,000 eucalyptus trees each year.
• Jobs and?training: ~1,000 construction jobs and 50-100 operations and maintenance jobs.

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