Gol Gol Battery (BESS)
Squadron Energy
BESSEIS preparationConfidence: Medium
Capacity and technology
Technology
BESS
Capacity (MW)
unknown
Storage
unknown
Estimated capex, local spend and peak workforce
Total development cost
unknown unknown
Capacity unknown — capex cannot be benchmark-estimated.
Estimated local / regional spend
unknown unknown
Local spend not estimable without a capex figure.
Estimated peak construction workforce
unknown
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.
Approvals and access rights
Project status
EIS preparation
Planning status
SEARs requested 2024; Scoping Report lodged; EIS in preparation
Access right status
not awarded in 2024 SW REZ access round
EPBC status
verify on EPBC public portal
Grid connection
to be assessed alongside EIS
Financial close
subject to EIS approval
Construction start
unknown
Operations start
unknown
Location
LGA
Wentworth Shire
Region
Riverina/Far West NSW — Buronga area
REZ
South West REZ
REZ relationship
inside declared REZ
Coordinates
-34.1, 142.24 (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.
- proponent pageConfidence: HighGol Gol Battery — Squadron Energy (storage projects)https://squadronenergy.com/our-wind-projects/ ↗Listed on Squadron storage projects index. Co-located with Gol Gol Wind Farm and Gol Gol Solar Farm.
Notes
Co-located storage component of the Gol Gol energy precinct. Capacity figures pending EIS.
Source confidence: 64/100
Last verified: 2026-05-14
Every material fact on this page is sourced. A "View source" link is provided per source below.
Last verified: 2026-05-14
Every material fact on this page is sourced. A "View source" link is provided per source below.
Source evidence
Confidence: Medium- primaryNSW Planning Portal — Major ProjectsView source ↗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.
- secondaryProponent project websitesView source ↗Proponent-supplied content from each project's dedicated page on the proponent's website. Useful for technology, capacity intent, community engagement messaging, project newsletters, fact sheets and timeline updates. Cannot override official planning_status or epbc_status. Per-project 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
South West REZ
All projects, pressure bands and shared-value commitments for this REZ
LGA detail
Wentworth Shire
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
This project's share of the year-by-year capex flow into regional NSW
Project timeline
Gantt by REZ
Visual overlap with neighbouring projects' construction windows
Cross-sector pressures
Non-REZ competing demand
What else is being built in the region in the same window
Upcoming decisions
2 relevant to this project or REZ
IPC meetings, EIS exhibitions, council determinations