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Within days of the Punchs Creek Solar Farm receiving development approval from the Toowoomba Regional Council, an EPBC Act referral has been submitted to the federal environmental authority for the project.

Skylab Australia is planning to construct and operate the up to 800 MW AC solar farm alongside a 250 MW battery energy storage system at Punchs Creek, approximately 64km south-west of Toowoomba and approximately 13km south-east of Millmerran in south-east Queensland.

The 1456.4 ha project site consists primarily of existing cleared agricultural land traversed by several vegetated watercourses/drainage lines and bordered by vegetated roadsides.

The project will connect to the existing Powerlink 330kV electricity transmission line which crosses the proposed site.

It’s understood Skylab Australia is planning to build 400 MW AC of solar plus a 250 MW BESS in stage 1, with another 400 MW AC solar planned in stage 2.

Last month another of Skylab Australia’s developments, the 94 MW AC Gunsynd Solar Farm in Goondiwindi, south-west Queensland, achieved FID and construction go-ahead.

Skylab was the original developer of the project which was sold to Singapore’s Metis Energy in November 2022 for $12mil.