Windlab and Squadron submit 500 MW Queensland solar-plus-storage project for federal assessment

A Windlab and Squadron Energy joint venture has referred the Bungaban Solar Project to Australia’s federal government for assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The proposal combines a 500 MW solar PV plant with a 500 MW battery energy storage system on a 1,531.9-hectare site around 50 km northeast of Wandoan in Queensland’s Western Downs. The project is significant because it shows Australia’s next large renewable hubs increasingly pairing solar and storage at the same development footprint.