{"id":38013,"date":"2020-03-10T05:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=38013"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T22:51:05","slug":"dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumaresq Solar Farm Project Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm.jpg\" alt=\"Dumaresq Solar Farm\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard of the Dumaresq Solar Farm project in New South Wales yet, it&#8217;s probably because little has been written about it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The proposed project is to be located\u00a0 between the towns of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/ashford-2361-nsw\/\"> Ashford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/bonshaw-2361-nsw\/\">Bonshaw<\/a> in Inverell Shire (North West Slopes region).<\/p>\n<p>Dumaresq Solar Farm is intended to be up to 190 megawatts capacity AC and will also feature battery storage. Battery system capacity is yet to be decided on, but\u00a0 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au\/prweb\/PRRestService\/mp\/01\/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-10427%2120200214T030022.225%20GMT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Scoping Report<\/a> supporting the request for the Secretary\u2019s Environmental Indicative Assessment Requirements (SEARs), it will be a maximum of 190MW\/380MWh.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed project site is intersected by Transgrid\u2019s Dumaresq to Bulli Creek 330kV Transmission Lines. The area had been severely affected by drought when this photo was taken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38015 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-site.jpg\" alt=\"Dumaresq solar farm site\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-site.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-site-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Developer Halo Renewable Energy has already issued a number of requests for <a href=\"https:\/\/dumaresqenergyhub.com\/business-opportunities\">Expressions Of Interest<\/a> (EOIs) including capital investment assessment, surveying\/engineering, community engagement and visual and glare assessment consulting services. The first two mentioned closed last week and the remainder close this week.<\/p>\n<p>Halo Renewable Energy seems particularly keen to stay on the good side of the local community, which is always a wise move. There will be approximately 150 jobs during the construction phase and around 5 full time jobs over the 40 years the facility will be operating. The company notes contractors and service providers able to provide opportunities for local employment will be looked upon favourably.<\/p>\n<p>The project still has a long way to travel in terms of development approval and there&#8217;s a bit more information available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dumaresqsolarfarm.com\/\">Dumaresq Solar Farm website<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Big Solar In Inverell Shire<\/h2>\n<p>Inverell Shire is a great spot for a large-scale solar energy, but not much has been happening in terms of operational facilities &#8211; yet. Currently the largest appears to be a 221kW system installed at Woolworths Inverell.<\/p>\n<p>Among other large-scale PV facilities in the works is <a href=\"https:\/\/majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au\/prweb\/PRRestService\/mp\/01\/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-9438%2120191021T234429.217%20GMT\">Bonshaw Solar Farm<\/a>, a 200MW (AC) project (originally to be up to 500MW) that will also incorporate battery storage &#8211; 100MW expandable to a further 200MW. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlink.com.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-12\/GAIA%20Australia%20Pty%20Ltd.pdf\">this letter<\/a> dated November last year, it looks like the finalists for the energy storage aspect are Samsung SDI, Tesla and Fluence.<\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Bonshaw was finalised in October last year by proponent GAIA Australia Pty Ltd and is currently still in the Response To Submissions stage.<\/p>\n<p>Another is the approved 180MW (AC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapphirewindfarm.com.au\/sapphire-solar\/\">Sapphire Solar Farm<\/a> around 30km east of Inverell, which is to be co-located with the Sapphire Wind Farm and will also feature battery storage.\u00a0 The project is expected to commence construction late this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard of the Dumaresq Solar Farm project in New South Wales yet, it&#8217;s probably because little has been written about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":38014,"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-38013","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dumaresq Solar Farm Project Progress - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t heard of the Dumaresq Solar Farm project in New South Wales yet, it&#039;s probably because little has been written about it.\" \/>\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\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dumaresq Solar Farm Project Progress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t heard of the Dumaresq Solar Farm project in New South Wales yet, it&#039;s probably because little has been written about it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-03-09T19:24:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-01T22:51:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm.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\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Dumaresq Solar Farm Project Progress\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-09T19:24:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-01T22:51:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dumaresq-solar-farm-mb1437\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dumaresq-solar-farm.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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