The Bowmans Creek Wind Farm is a proposed wind generation and battery storage project located 10 kilometres east of Muswellbrook, in the NSW Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone.The project has been proposed by Ark Energy.
The project is expected to be delivered across two stages:
- Stage One: installation of 54 wind turbines and battery energy storage system with a capacity of 250 megawatts / 2,414 megawatt hours, and
- Stage Two: installation of 21 wind turbines.
- Stage One: installation of 54 turbines with a generation capacity of 335 megawatts (MW) and supporting infrastructure.
- Stage Two: an additional 21 wind turbines delivering 120 MW of generation, bringing the project's total generation to 455 MW.
The project includes 14 kilometres of overhead and seven kilometres of underground, 330-kilovolt transmission lines to connect to TransGrid’s existing Liddell substation.
Key Dates
| Feb 2024 | Project Announcement |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Ark Energy |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Aug 2018 | Epuron announced preliminary investigations were underway in the delivery of a wind farm in the East Muswellbrook area. |
| May 2019 | A Scoping report was submitted with a request for SEARs for Stage One. |
| May 2022 | Ark Energy completed the acquisition of project proponent Epuron. |
| Feb 2024 | The project received development approvals from the NSW Independent Planning Commission, with conditions reducing the project scale from 56 turbines and 347 megawatts of capacity to 54 turbines producing up to 335 megawatts. |
| Mar 2024 | Ark Energy announced it will expand the project's scope to include an additional 21 wind turbines - which will be delivered as the Bowmans Wind Farm - Stage Two. The expansion will be required to undergo a separate approval process from the Federal and NSW Governments. |
| Jul 2024 | Stage One of the project received approval from the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water under the EPBC Act. |
| Aug 2024 | The NSW Government issued the Planning Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements for Stage Two of the project. |
| Feb 2026 | ASL awarded Long-Term Energy Service Agreements to the project, along with five other long-duration storage projects under tender round six of the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap. The six projects have a combined capacity of 1.17 gigawatts and 12 gigawatt hours. The announcement also confirmed the project's delivery schedule had been changed, with the battery component to be delivered in Stage One, alongside the initial 54 wind turbines. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2024)
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
New South Wales |
Resources
Media releases
2024/02/06 - NSW Planning Commission2024/07/05 - Federal Government approval
2026/02/05 - Tender Round 6
Other
2024/02/12 - Ark Energy Project Newsletter2024/03/01- Ark Energy Project Newsletter
Project contact information
