{"id":23364,"date":"2018-08-08T06:46:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=23364"},"modified":"2018-08-08T06:46:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T20:16:27","slug":"chaff-mill-solar-farm-mb0698","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/chaff-mill-solar-farm-mb0698\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaff Mill Solar + Battery Storage Project Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-solar-farm.jpg\" alt=\"Chaff Mill Solar Farm\" width=\"700\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-solar-farm.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-solar-farm-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The community feedback period relating to the development application for Chaff Mill Solar Farm in South Australia&#8217;s mid-north, which will incorporate battery storage, closes this Friday.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The proposed solar farm site is approximately 130km north of Adelaide, near the town of Mintaro in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council region. To be situated adjacent to the existing Mintaro substation, developer FRV (Fotowatio Renewable Ventures) says the facility will generate approximately 250,000 MWh per year and avoid approximately 132,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually.<\/p>\n<p>The 100MW solar farm will feature approximately 360,000 solar panels mounted on single access trackers and a 50MW\/100MWh battery storage facility situated in a corner of the project area consisting of up to 54 battery storage containers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-battery-storage.jpg\" alt=\"Chaff Mill Solar Farm battery storage\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-battery-storage.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-battery-storage-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/chaff-mill-battery-storage-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Construction of Chaff Mill Solar Farm would see approximately 200 jobs created and approximately five full-time equivalent roles during operation. FRV says it has also had discussions with local community groups to determine the best way to contribute to the community through various partnership opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed 380 hectare site is currently being used for agricultural purposes and after the solar farm&#8217;s operating life of approximately 30 years, it will be rehabilitated with a suitable grass cover.<\/p>\n<p>Fotowatio Renewable Ventures has 30 solar projects throughout the world and two in Australia &#8211; the 20MW Royalla Solar Farm in the ACT and the 56MW Moree Solar Farm in New South Wales. FRV is currently constructing the 100MW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ing-clare-solar-farm-mb0285\/\"> Clare Solar Farm<\/a> near Ayr in Queensland and the 100MW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lilyvale-solar-farm-mb0228\/\"> Lilyvale Solar Farm<\/a>, near Emerald in QLD.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many large-scale renewables developers active in Australia, it appears FRV is yet to sign on to the Clean Energy Council&#8217;s recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/large-scale-renewables-charter-mb0689\/\">Best Practice Charter for Renewable Energy Developments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming it gets the green light for <a href=\"http:\/\/chaffmillsolarfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Chaff Mill Solar Farm<\/a>, FRV envisions commencing construction late next year and completing the project by mid-2021. A decision on the application is expected late this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;South Australia is nationally recognised as a leader in clean energy production,&#8221; says FRV. &#8221; The proposed Chaff Mill Solar Farm can further the development of the Australian clean energy industry and make a significant contribution to South Australia\u2019s energy production.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The project development application <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saplanningcommission.sa.gov.au\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0010\/478099\/433-V003-18_application_documents_part_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other solar farm projects for South Australia&#8217;s mid-north at various stages include two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/snowtown-north-solar-mb0322\/\">Tilt Renewables projects near Snowtown<\/a> and the huge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-river-project-mb0642\/\">Solar River Project<\/a>, around 30 kilometres from Robertstown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The community feedback period relating to the development application for Chaff Mill Solar Farm in South Australia&#8217;s mid-north, which will incorporate battery storage, closes this Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":23365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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Originally an Infinergy project, it was acquired by Clenergy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Metz solar farm financing","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/metz-solar-farm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/metz-solar-farm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/metz-solar-farm.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/metz-solar-farm.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/metz-solar-farm.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18451,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-storage-projects-nsw-mb0420\/","url_meta":{"origin":23364,"position":2},"title":"Solar + Storage Projects For NSW Riverina Region Seeking Approvals","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"January 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Submissions relating to two proposed large-scale solar + battery storage facilities in the Edward River Council area in New South Wales are currently being reviewed. Both are RES Group projects to be built not far from Deniliquin. 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We first mentioned the Wellington Solar Farm project back in December, during the public feedback phase. Last Friday, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wellington Solar Farm","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wellington-solar-farm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wellington-solar-farm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wellington-solar-farm.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wellington-solar-farm.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18877,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-storage-projects-nsw-mb0444\/","url_meta":{"origin":23364,"position":4},"title":"Solar + Storage Projects Proposed For Wee Waa And Gunnedah","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"February 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Even more big solar may be on its way in New South Wales - Overland Sun Farming has submitted proposals for major solar farms near the towns of Gunnedah and Wee Waa. Wee Waa Sun Farm Wee Waa is situated on the north-western slopes of the New England region and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Overland Sun Farming - solar and battery storage","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/overland-solar-storage.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/overland-solar-storage.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/overland-solar-storage.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/overland-solar-storage.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35404,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/west-wyalong-solar-farm-mb1316\/","url_meta":{"origin":23364,"position":5},"title":"Green Light For West Wyalong Solar Farm","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The NSW Government has approved development of a $135 million solar power + battery storage project in the state's Central West region. To be situated approximately 17 kilometres north-east of the town of West Wyalong, the proposed clean power station is to be built on a 562 ha parcel and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"West Wyalong Solar Farm","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/west-wyalong-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/west-wyalong-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/west-wyalong-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/west-wyalong-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/west-wyalong-solar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23369,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23364\/revisions\/23369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}