Paul Sun Energy DA Submitted
Paul Sun Energy (ACN 623 349 904) is pleased to announce that the Development Application (DA) has been submitted to the Hunter & Central Coast Regional Planning Panel for approval.
Announcement of Development Application Submission
PAUL SUN ENERGY is a local family entity who have owned the parcel of land situated at:
Lot 130 Booral Rd Bulahdelah, NSW 2423 - DP 1005958, for over 20 years.
We are currently planning to build, own & operate a micro-scale Solar & BESS farm, to be known as the ‘BOORAL SOLAR FARM’.
A Development Application was submitted to the Hunter & Central Coast Regional Planning Panel during August 25 seeking consent for the proposed 5.83MWDC (megawatts) solar farm that will provide approximately 4.4MWAC of electricity to the local distribution network and an option for 2MW (4MWh) of BESS storage.
The extent of development is proposed to occupy approximately 10 hectares of the subject site, with the remainder of the 40 hectare site to be maintained as native bushland.
The intention of the proposed micro solar farm is to generate renewable energy to service the local community by using the existing Essential Energy Distribution Substation and Network, in sync with maintaining as much of the existing native habitat as possible.
Project Details
Local Government – Mid-Coast Council
DA number - DA2025/0566
Planning panel reference number - PPSHCC-375
Capital investment value - $9,384,318
A Connection Services Agreement (CSA) has been formalised with Essential Energy to connect to the local Distribution Network via their Substation adjacent.
Project Description
The Solar Farm will also contain a small office/maintenance shed, have 3 x 220,000 litre water tanks, security fencing & surveillance cameras & perimeter vegetation screening on Southern boundary
DC Capacity - 5834.4 kWp
AC Capacity - 4400 kVA
Solar Panels – 9724 x Trina 600W TSM-NEG19RC.20 = 5.8344 MWDC
Inverter – 1 x SMA MVPS 4400-S2
Racking - Single Axis Tracker 143 x NexTracker Horizon
Features
Local Expertise - The consultants who have been engaged on the project thus far are all based in the Hunter Mid Coast region, as listed in the Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE)
Investment $ in local Hunter Mid Coast region has already realised $750K, with a further $3m projected during the construction phase, plus the ongoing requirement for local Maintenance.
Key focus on fostering local work force employment & training skills
Generation of over 10,000MWhs of Renewable Electricity annually to the Essential Energy Local Distribution Network for Residences & Business of the Mid North Coast, providing power for over 1800 homes (@15kWhrs/day av.)
Detailed Biodiversity Studies completed to enable a system design that will maintain and enhance the natural environmental qualities of the site and surrounding area seamlessly integrating the proposed solar farm into the existing landscape.
When combined with the existing surrounding native vegetation, the proposed solar farm will not be visible from outside the site and the natural, rural character of the locality will be maintained.