Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park

The Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park is a combined wind and solar farm under construction south of Port Augusta in South Australia, Australia. The solar farm is planned to be at the northern end of the site, west of the Augusta Highway and south of Sundrop Farms. The wind turbines will be on both sides of the Augusta Highway, extending south as far as the road to Horrocks Pass. Construction formally started in October 2020 and is estimated to take about 18 months to complete. The total site is about 5,400 hectares (13, 000 acres). The project was developed by DP Energy, but prior to construction, Spanish company Iberdrola committed to investing A$500 million and will eventually own stage 1 after DP Energy manages its construction. What was originally known as "Stage 1" is planned to comprise 210MW of wind generation and 107MW of solar generation. The original "Stage 2" remains owned by DP Energy and is proposed to include more solar photovoltaic generation and a grid connected battery. The developer claims that the combination of wind, solar, battery and synchronous condensers combine to create a renewable energy power station. The former Stage 2 is now called Bluebush Solar. The wind turbines were originally approved to have a maximum height (to the tip of the blades) of 150 metres (490 ft) but in June 2019, this approval was increased to 185 metres (607 ft). The revised pla

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