Our technical specialists are preparing to undertake the required environmental assessments outlined in the Eastern Hub Firming Battery and Hillview Solar Farm SEARs.
The Eastern Hub Firming Battery and Hillview Solar Farm EIS will address:
The Hillview Solar Farm EIS will also address glint and glare.
We invite you to get involved as we prepare our EIS. By understanding community concerns and ideas now, we can consider these in our assessments. To get involved, reach out via our contact us page.
The NSW Government is in the early stages of planning how to coordinate the rollout of renewable energy in the New England Region, so that impacts on local communities are reduced.
New England has some of the best natural energy resources in the country. The New England REZ has an intended capacity of 8 GW and is expected to deliver up $10.7 billion in private sector investment and support around 1250 construction jobs and 830 operational jobs.
EnergyCo, the statutory authority appointed to lead development of the New England REZ, recently released their Scoping Report for the transmission needed to connect the generation across the New England REZ to the existing energy grid.
This includes information about the East Hub, the switchyard that the Hillview Energy Hub would use to connect into the grid.