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Wirsol Energy is planning to almost double the capacity of its proposed Maryvale Solar Farm, located approximately 15km north-east of Wellington in the Dubbo Regional Council LGA.

The company has submitted a development consent modification application to the NSW state planning authority seeking to increase the approved energy export capacity of the solar farm, within the existing development footprint, from 125 MW to up to 230 MW AC.

The modification application said that the ”increased capacity would be achieved predominantly through upgrading the model of proposed solar module, battery and inverter infrastructure”, and there were “no changes to the approved general layout of the development”.

 There would be no changes to:

·        the development footprint of approximately 375 hectares

·        the solar PV panel numbers (approximately 450,000 single axis panels), height and foundation depth

·        or Battery Energy Storage System infrastructure and storage capacity (approximately 180 battery units deployed in either centralised or distributed format with 125 MW / 375 MWh capacity)

Development approval for the addition of a BESS was granted in July last year.

Maryvale Solar Farm sits within the Central-West Orana REZ area where there are around 50 solar, wind and battery projects proposed.