About the project
The proposed Meadow Creek Solar Farm is located around 27km south-east of Wangaratta.
The project is currently progressing through planning. We’re currently preparing detailed environmental assessments, and progressing project designs.
Up to 330MW of solar energy
Approximately 2km of above-ground transmission line
250MW AC coupled Battery Energy Storage System.
An update on Meadow Creek Solar Farm
Since sharing our plans with you in 2022 and throughout 2023, we have been working on important changes that directly respond to your concerns, including environmental and visual impacts.
The changes include:
Retaining existing trees and adding more through the centre of the site, creating large green corridors for wildlife preservation and protection.
Increasing vegetation around the border of the site, to reduce visibility of the solar farm for our neighbours.
Implementing greater flood, noise and bushfire protection measures, to ensure the highest safety standards.
Allow for grazing and farming to be continued once the solar farm is operational, so agricultural land uses are not lost.
Once our detailed assessments are finalised, the proposal will be lodged to the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP).
Here is an update on how community feedback has informed the Planning Application.
Locating the solar farm near existing transmission infrastructure limits the amount of new transmission infrastructure that would need to be built.
What is a Battery Energy Storage System?
The Meadow Creek Solar Farm will host a 250MW AC coupled Battery Energy Storage System.
Battery Energy Storage Systems work by storing excess energy generated by renewable energy when there is low demand in the network. The energy is then released during high demand periods where it is needed most.
Battery storage helps to stabilise the electricity grid and intermittency of renewable energy and will be essential to shoring up renewable energy supply across the network.
