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A couple of lesser-known companies in the Australian solar farm development industry have reached a major milestone for their Wallaroo Solar Farm project in NSW.

Wallaroo Solar Farm Pty Ltd, a joint venture of New Energy Development and Univergy International, has submitted an EIS to the state planning regulator for its proposed up to 100 MW AC solar farm, to be located near the ACT border 1km south of Wallaroo.

The project will include around 182,000 PV modules, 18 power conversion units, one onsite 132kV substation, and a BESS with a nominal capacity of approximately 45 MW / 90 MWh installed within a 393-hectare site.

The solar farm will connect to an existing TransGrid 132kV line located adjacent to the site’s eastern boundary and substation.

It will employ 150-200 employees at peak construction, with ongoing operations employing 4-5 full time employees.

New Energy Development has operations in Australia and South East Asia, and is currently involved in the development of 12 large-scale solar farms with a combined generation capacity of 1.97 GW. It also has a largescale solar rooftop EPC division operating throughout South East Asia under the subsidiary PowerVault Thailand.

Univergy is a Spanish-Japanese renewable energy developer established in 2012 which has now built an 17.8 GW pipeline of projects across 19 countries. It has developed over 1 GW of solar projects in Japan and has more than 2.6 GW of solar projects under development worldwide, as well as onshore and offshore wind interests.

The Wallaroo Solar Farm is the only listing for New Energy Development and Univergy in our project database.