{"id":33405,"date":"2019-09-11T08:23:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T21:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=33405"},"modified":"2024-06-05T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T03:59:40","slug":"goyder-south-solar-mb1209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Huge Renewable Energy Park Proposed For South Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33406\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33406\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wind-solar-burra.jpg\" alt=\"Goyder South - wind, solar and battery storage\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wind-solar-burra.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wind-solar-burra-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wind-solar-burra-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wind-solar-burra-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/energy-environment-ecology-power-1989341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">seagul<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Further details of a proposed $1 billion wind, solar and battery storage project for South Australia\u2019s Mid-North will be revealed today.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Adelaide Advertiser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaidenow.com.au\/news\/south-australia\/neoen-to-build-1-billion-wind-solar-and-battery-project-at-burra-in-south-australias-mid-north\/news-story\/2e75dab5bd0813c9451a43b93c666280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> (paywall) French company Neoen will announce &#8220;Goyder South&#8221;, which is to be constructed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/burra-5417-sa\/\">Burra<\/a> region. The Advertiser states the total project involves 1200MW of wind power, 600MW of solar energy capacity and 900MW of battery storage. The first stage will be one-third the capacity of each, with subsequent stages dependent on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sa-nsw-interconnector-mb1113\/\">Project EnergyConnect<\/a> being completed &#8211; the interconnector between Robertstown in South Australia and Wagga Wagga in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are yet to be lodged with the State Commission Assessment Panel for Goyder South as Neoen will be seeking community feedback first.<\/p>\n<p>Such a project could provide a much-needed cash injection and jobs boost for the area, which has been in the grip of a particularly nasty drought for quite some time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-06-12\/significant-rain-for-desperate-sa-farmers-but-many-missing-out\/11201276\">Back in June<\/a>, a farmer at World&#8217;s End (near Burra) was at the point he was having to feed dumped onions to his stock as the price of conventional feed was too high.<\/p>\n<h2>Goyder Region&#8217;s Large-Scale Solar Rush<\/h2>\n<p>In terms of solar power, the Regional Council of Goyder local government area is currently home to around just 3.2MW of solar energy capacity<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\/#en-33405-1' id='enref-33405-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(33405)'>1<\/a><\/sup>, with all of that consisting of systems under 100kW. But there is plenty of large-scale solar on the way for the region, particularly around Robertstown; with projects including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/roberstown-solar-storage-mb0919\/\">Robertstown Solar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-river-robertstown-mb0918\/\">Solar River<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/roberstown-solar-power-mb0943\/\">SA Water PV rollout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Green Light For Neoen&#8217;s Crystal Brook Energy Park<\/h2>\n<p>Neoen recently had a big win elsewhere in South Australia with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy-storage.news\/south-australia-govt-welcomes-approval-for-au3-billion-wind-solar-storage-project\/\">planning approval granted<\/a> for its proposed Crystal Brook Energy Park project, which is to be built at a site around 23 kilometres southeast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/port-pirie-5540-sa\/\">Port Pirie<\/a> and 3 kilometres north of Crystal Brook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crystalbrookenergypark.com.au\/\">Crystal Brook Energy Park<\/a> will boast up to 125MW of wind turbines, up to 150MW of solar PV capacity and up to 130MW\/400MWh of lithium-ion battery storage. The project may also incorporate a hydrogen production facility at Port Pirie capable of producing up to 25 tonnes a day, pending the outcome of a feasibility study.<\/p>\n<p>Neoen has been on the Australian renewable energy scene since 2012 and currently has 1GW of\u00a0 projects in the country either operating or under construction. Among Neoen&#8217;s other assets in South Australia is Hornsdale Power Reserve, aka the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tesla-big-battery-first-year\/\">Tesla Big Battery<\/a>&#8221; (100MW\/129MWh), and Hornsdale Wind Farm (315MW) situated near Jamestown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further details of a proposed $1 billion wind, solar and battery storage project for South Australia\u2019s Mid-North will be revealed today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":33406,"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-33405","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 v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Another Huge Renewable Energy Park Proposed For South Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Further details of a proposed $1 billion wind, solar and battery storage project for South Australia\u2019s Mid-North will be revealed today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Another Huge Renewable Energy Park Proposed For South Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Further details of a proposed $1 billion wind, solar and battery storage project for South Australia\u2019s Mid-North will be revealed today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-10T21:53:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T03:59:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wind-solar-burra.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Another Huge Renewable Energy Park Proposed For South Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-10T21:53:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-05T03:59:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":432,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/goyder-south-solar-mb1209\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/wind-solar-burra.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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