Synergy and Bright Energy Secure Approvals for 2 GW Tathra Wind, Solar, and Battery Project in Western Australia
The 2 GW Tathra project in Western Australia has received all necessary planning approvals in four months from the state's environmental regulator. Developers Synergy and Bright Energy Investment submitted the application on September 12 and obtained approvals by December 9.
The project includes 140 wind turbines totaling 1 GW, a 500 MW solar farm across five locations, and three batteries totaling 500 MW. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) deemed the environmental impacts manageable and recommended mitigation measures.
The Tathra project will span 16,000 hectares near Eneabba and is part of a cluster around a new 330 kV transmission line. Synergy plans to replace aging coal power stations with this project, aiming to have some operations running by the decade's end. Synergy is also developing or constructing additional wind projects and has significant battery storage capacity.
