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Doughboy Wind Farm (withdrawn)

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windwithdrawnConfidence: High

Capacity and technology

Technology

wind

Capacity (MW)

340 MW

Storage

400 MWh

Estimated capex, local spend and peak workforce

Total development cost

~$1.47B benchmark estimate

340 MW × $3.5M/MW (wind, NSW 2025-26 escalated) + + 400 MWh × $0.7M/MWh (co-located BESS)

Industry benchmark only — not project-specific. Sources: Clean Energy Council, BloombergNEF 2024 Australian utility-scale LCOE inputs, AEMO ISP 2024 cost assumptions. Actual capex varies materially by site, OEM, supply chain and grid-connection works.

Estimated local / regional spend

~$323M benchmark estimate

22% of capex — Clean Energy Council benchmark for renewable energy construction in regional Australia. Actual local content varies by project siting, procurement strategy and any access-scheme local-content conditions.

Estimated peak construction workforce

~238 roles benchmark estimate

Industry benchmark: ~0.7 FTE/MW wind, 0.5 FTE/MW solar, 0.4 FTE/MWh BESS, 1.5 FTE/MW pumped hydro. Peak during civil/electrical phase only — operations workforce is typically ~5-10% of construction peak.

Workforce breakdown — sector mix and phasing

Sector mix and phase distribution for the estimated construction workforce. Basis: industry norm (Clean Energy Council, ARENA, AEMO ISP 2024 + comparable EIS Social Impact Assessments). Numbers are decision-support indicators, not a project-specific forecast.

By service sector / industry (peak year)

Civil / earthworks

~71 FTE

Electrical trades

~43 FTE

Mechanical / structural

~52 FTE

Plant operators

~29 FTE

PM / engineering / env

~24 FTE

Logistics / admin

~19 FTE

By phase (across construction window)

Phase	FTE	What's happening
Mobilisation + civils (year 1)	~143	Site prep, access roads, foundations, early electrical. Civil trades dominant.
Peak construction (year 2)	~238	All trades concurrent. Turbine / panel delivery, electrical install, commissioning prep.
Commissioning / demob (year 3)	~167	Specialist electrical and testing. Civil and structural ramping down.
Operations (ongoing)	~17	Permanent O&M workforce — typically 5–10% of construction peak. Plus periodic major-maintenance windows.

Sector mix from CEC, ARENA and AEMO ISP workforce profiles for utility-scale Australian builds. Phase distribution from comparable EIS Social Impact Assessments. Indicative only — actual workforce varies with OEM, contractor strategy, weather and OSOM scheduling.

Approvals and access rights

Project status

withdrawn

Planning status

SSD-64152463 — application withdrawn

Access right status

n/a — withdrawn

EPBC status

n/a

Grid connection

n/a

Financial close

n/a

Construction start

n/a

Operations start

n/a

Location

LGA

Armidale Regional

Region

Northern Tablelands NSW — Armidale region

REZ

New England REZ

REZ relationship

inside declared REZ

Coordinates

-30.5, 151.7 (approximate)

Project documents — EIS, SEARs, proponent pages

Direct links to public documents and pages for this project. Phase 2 ingestion will pull updates automatically; Sprint 0 entries are verified manually with a confidence score per record.

planning portal pageConfidence: Very high
Doughboy Wind Farm — NSW Planning Portal (SSD-64152463, withdrawn)
https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/doughboy-wind-farm-0 ↗
Up to 55 wind turbines, 250 m tip height, 340 MW generation + 100 MW/400 MWh BESS. Application withdrawn from NSW planning process.

Notes

Application withdrawn — tracked for completeness. Useful comparison to active NE REZ wind farms in similar capacity range (Thunderbolt 192 MW, Boorolong 435 MW, Hills of Gold 372 MW).

Source confidence: 75/100
Last verified: 2026-05-18
Every material fact on this page is sourced. A "View source" link is provided per source below.

Source evidence

Confidence: High

primaryNSW Planning Portal — Major Projects
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Authoritative for NSW SSD and SSI planning status. Hosts each project's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), SEARs, response to submissions, and other planning documents. Outranks proponent and media reports for planning_status. Per-project EIS and SSD page URLs are tracked under each project's project_documents.

Open questions

Planning status against the NSW Planning Portal — verify SSD reference.
EPBC referral status — verify against DCCEEW public notices.
Storage MWh and voltage figures — confirm from proponent documents and AEMO Generation Information.
Workforce and accommodation commitments — confirm in SSD documentation or VPA.
First Nations engagement reporting — confirm in IEP / cultural heritage chapter.

See this project in context

REZ workspace

New England REZ

All projects, pressure bands and shared-value commitments for this REZ

LGA detail

Armidale Regional

3 projects · everything affecting this council area

Workforce + supply ratio

Demand vs ABS baseline

How this REZ's peak compares to existing regional workforce

Regional spend

Annual flow by year