Woodside Solar Facility

Project
Proponent
Woodside Energy Ltd
Proposal description

Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside) proposes to construct and operate the Woodside Solar Facility in the Maitland Strategic Industrial Area, located approximately 15 kilometres south-west of Karratha, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. 

The proposal will generate electricity (up to 500 megawatts) from a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) farm and includes energy storage (battery) infrastructure.   

The Proposal is only for the infrastructure associated with the generation and storage of electricity from Solar PV. All transmission to deliver the power from the Solar Facility to customers would be delivered via the North West Interconnected System (NWIS), through existing, upgraded, or new infrastructure constructed, owned and operated by Horizon Power for all users of the NWIS. 

The proposal would include a total disturbance of 975.6  hectares (ha) within a development envelope of 1100.3 ha.

Proposal Content Document
Woodside Solar Facility PCD (1).pdf (PDF, 770.69 KB)
Assessment Number
2321
Region
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act
s38
Industry sector
Power generation
Last updated
Current Status
Ministerial Statement published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral
Woodside Solar Facility
Referral documentation
Attachment 1 - Woodside Solar Facility Referral of a proposal under s38 (Updated Template).pdf (PDF, 480.53 KB)
Attachment 2 - Woodside Solar Facility - Proposal Content Document.pdf (PDF, 128.19 KB)
Attachment 3 - Woodside Solar Facility - Referral Supporting Document.pdf (PDF, 4.81 MB)
Attachment 4 - Appendix A - Environmental Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 788.71 KB)
Attachment 5 - Appendix B - Cultural Heritage Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 752.8 KB)
Attachment 6 - 2019 Flora and Vegetation Survey.pdf (PDF, 16.43 MB)
Attachment 7 - Appendix D - Terrestrial Fauna Survey.pdf (PDF, 3.7 MB)
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination
Assess - Additional Assessment Information (public review)
Extract of determination
Woodside Solar Facility (PDF, 204.91 KB)
Preliminary Environmental Factors
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published
3. Assessment
Environmental Review
Make a submission
Woodside Solar Facility - Additional Information
Environmental Review documentation
Woodside Solar Facility Final ERSD.pdf (PDF, 39.54 MB)
Woodside Solar Facility Impact Reconcilliation Procedure_September 2022.pdf (PDF, 760.46 KB)
Appendix A. Woodside Solar Facility Environment Management Plan_ December 2022.pdf (PDF, 978.82 KB)
Appendix B. Woodside Solar Facility Social Surrounds (Cultural Heritage) Management Plan_September 2022.pdf (PDF, 671.83 KB)
Appendix C. Addendum to Flora and Vegetation Survey (V Long and Associates 2020) .pdf (PDF, 6.05 MB)
Appendix C. Flora and Vegetation Survey (V. Long and Associates 2019).pdf (PDF, 16.43 MB)
Appendix D. Fauna Survey Report (GHD 2022).pdf (PDF, 3.86 MB)
Appendix E. Woodside Solar Facility Weed Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 949.21 KB)
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation)
Proponent response to submissions
Response to Submissions - Revision 2 .pdf (PDF, 8.55 MB)
Appendix A - Environment Management Plan .pdf (PDF, 1.01 MB)
Appendix B - Social Surroundings (Cultural Heritage) Management Plan .pdf (PDF, 1.38 MB)
Appendix E - Weed Management Plan.pdf (PDF, 2.18 MB)
Impact Reconciliation Procedure.pdf (PDF, 1.87 MB)
Woodside Solar Facility _ SRE Desktop Assessment _ Final.pdf (PDF, 4.94 MB)
Woodside Solar Facility Fauna Report - Final.pdf (PDF, 10.05 MB)
Date published (Proponent response to submissions)
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number
1746
EPA Report
EPA Report 1746 - Woodside Solar Facility s. 44 - Assessment report.pdf (PDF, 2.66 MB)
Key Environmental Factors
Social Surroundings
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published
Appeals close
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Date of approval
Ministerial Statement
Statement 1212.pdf (PDF, 2.25 MB)
Post-assessment changes
s. 45C amendments

Attachment 1 to Ministerial Statement 1212 - An increase in the total development envelope by 0.96 ha (from 1,100.3 ha to 1,101.26 ha) for the construction of an access road connecting the Woodside Solar Facility to the North West Coastal Highway. The Proposal Content Document published in the Statement of Reasons for the section 45c supersedes the ‘Proposal Content Document attachment 2’ referred to in Ministerial Statement 1212. Changes approved under s. 45C on 29 February 2024.

Attachments
Summary of Reasons.pdf (PDF, 1.03 MB)
Date of approval s. 45C
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