Dinawan Energy Hub

Dinawan Energy Hub is set to be one of the largest
renewable energy generation projects in NSW

Spark Renewables | New South Wales


Project overview
Dinawan Energy Hub, proposed by Spark Renewables, is halfway between Coleambally and Jerilderie, within the South-West Renewable Energy Zone, NSW, on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people and several smaller nations of the Murrumbidgee Plains.

Spark Renewables, one of Australia’s leading developers and long-term owners of renewable energy generation assets, proposes to design, construct and operate a hybrid wind, solar and battery energy storage system. Dinawan Energy Hub is significant in scale with potential energy generation of up to approximately 2.5 GW and battery with storage capacity of up to 500 MW. If approved, it will be one of the largest renewable energy generation projects in NSW. The project has been split into two State significant development applications, Dinawan Wind Farm and Dinawan Solar Farm (includes BESS), and requires two separate environmental impact statements (EIS), one each for the wind farm and solar farm.

Our involvement
EMM has been engaged to undertake the scoping and EIS phase for both applications. The scoping phase included the preparation of two scoping reports and the EIS phase includes preparation and management of technical assessments, ongoing support with design and project refinements and the preparation of the two EISs.EMM and Spark Renewables will work together to refine the disturbance boundary within the site on the basis of environmental constraints and the outcomes of stakeholder engagement with the objective of developing an efficient project that minimises environmental impacts. The refinement process will include consideration of potential impacts to biodiversity, Aboriginal cultural and historic heritage sites, soils, watercourses and neighbouring landholders.
Technical solutions
  • Aboriginal Heritage
  • Environmental Planning and Approvals
  • Historical Heritage
  • Social Assessment and Performance
  • Soil, Land Resources and Erosion
  • Surface Water
  • Spatial Solutions
  • Transport Engineering and Planning