The Bungama Solar Project is a proposed 280-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic and 250 MW, two-hour battery storage facility. The project will feed into the National Electricity Market via a 275-kilovolt connection to ElectraNet’s Bungama Substation.
Bungama Solar will be developed on approximately 530 hectares of cleared land in the suburbs of Bungama, Napperby and Warnertown. The site is approximately six kilometres east of Port Pirie and 220 kilometres north of Adelaide.
Key Dates
| 2018 | Project Announcement |
PROJECT HISTORY
| May 2018 | The first Community Information Session was held about the project. |
| Jan 2019 | The project was put on public exhibition until 1 March 2019. |
| Feb 2019 | The second round of Community Information Sessions was held. |
| Jul 2019 | Project granted development approval from the Government of South Australia. |
| May 2021 | Amp Energy announced it had acquired the project, along with two others from EPS. |
| Jul 2023 | The project received Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation approvals from the Federal Government. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2019)
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Unconfirmed |
Location
South Australia |
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