Atmos Renewables has acquired a number of Australian renewable energy projects from BayWa r.e., taking its project portfolio capacity beyond 2GW.
The acquisition comprises the operating Yatpool and Hughenden solar farms, the advanced Bullawah Wind Farm development in New South Wales, and a number of earlier stage development projects across the NEM.
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It also adds a significant late-stage wind project with transmission access rights in the South West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) to Atmos’ development pipeline.
Atmos Renewables CEO Nigel Baker said, “This acquisition strengthens our portfolio in two important ways. Yatpool and Hughenden add further diversity to our operating portfolio, while the 262MW Bullawah project positions the company to deliver its first New South Wales wind farm in the near term, given the advanced state of that project and the REZ access rights it holds.
“This allows us to expand the Atmos operating portfolio immediately, while investing in a significant wind project in the NEM region of greatest customer demand.”
Yatpool Solar Farm is a 106MWp project in north-west Victoria with approximately 350,000 solar panels. Its revenue is supported by an offtake arrangement with Flow Power.
Yatpool is located approximately six kilometres from Karadoc Solar Farm, which Atmos acquired from BayWa r.e. in 2024. The transaction brings the second of these neighbouring solar farms into the Atmos portfolio.
Hughenden Solar Farm is a 20MWp project with more than 60,000 panels and has operated in central Queensland since 2018. The project has a power purchase agreement with CS Energy.
The transaction also adds Bullawah Wind Farm, a proposed wind farm and battery project in the Riverina region of New South Wales, approximately 40km south-east of Hay.
The overall project design comprises of 141 turbines, totaling around 800MW of wind generation and a 359MW/2 hour battery energy storage system, with access rights secured in the South West REZ for the 262MW Stage 2 component of the project.
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Bullawah is progressing through the final stages of the NSW planning process. Subject to the required approvals and a final investment decision, the project is expected to create380 jobs during construction and contribute much-needed new wind generation capacity to the NSW electricity system.
