Nigel Baker, the CEO of Atmos Renewables, says\u202f\u00a0the acquisition of the BayWa assets \u2013 no purchase price was disclosed \u2013 strengthens the company\u2019s portfolio, which already includes the Hornsdale wind farms in South Australia, two wind farms in Tasmania, six wind farms and a solar farm in Victoria and four solar farms in Queensland.<\/p>\n
The 106 MW Yatpool solar farm is just up the road from its Karadoc solar farm in Victoria, which Atmos bought from BayWa in 2024. Yatpool has a long term power purchase agreement with retailer Flow Power.<\/p>\n
The 20 MW Hughenden solar farm also has a power purchase agreement with CS Energy, and the 262 MW Bullawah wind project, which has obtained planning approvals from NSW <\/a>and also has grid access rights to the new south-west renewable energy zone, will deliver Atmos its first wind farm in that state.<\/p>\n The Bullawah project, about 40 kms south-east of Hay, could total 800 MW with a 359 MW\/2 hour battery, but for the moment it only has access rights for a 262 MW wind component.<\/p>\n \u201cBullawah has already reached important development milestones, but there is still substantial work ahead,\u201d Baker said in a statement.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOur focus will be on progressing the project carefully through the remaining phases of planning and development, preparing the project to be investment-ready in 2027, while continuing to work openly with landowners, First Nations partners, local communities and government.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bullawah wind farm has the potential to add meaningful new generation and storage capacity in New South Wales while creating jobs, supporting business and delivering long-term benefits for communities across the Riverina.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n BayWa earlier this year flagged \u201cfar-reaching: restructuring measures in light of the \u201coverall difficult market situation\u201d for the renewable energy sector. \u201cWe will focus on specific core markets in Europe,\u201d Hans-Joachim Ziems, CRO of\u00a0BayWa, said in March <\/a><\/p>\n BayWa\u2019s chief operating officer Dr. Daniel G\u00e4fke said in a statement that the transaction highlights BayWa\u2019s expertise in identifying, advancing and mitigating risk in large-scale renewable energy developments, delivering value for our partners whilst contributing to Australia\u2019s energy transition. <\/p>\n \u201cThe successful transfer to Atmos Renewables highlights the strength of high-quality, investment-ready assets and the continued interest in renewable energy infrastructure opportunities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Baker said Atmos and BayWa r.e. are working closely to ensure a smooth transition, and said existing power purchase agreements, landowner agreements and stakeholder commitments will be honoured.<\/p>\n To join more than 29,000 others and get the latest clean energy news delivered straight to your inbox, for free, click here to subscribe to our free daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy<\/a>, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven<\/a>. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast<\/a>. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian renewable energy and storage developer Atmos Renewables has snapped up a portfolio of operating and developing wind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,128],"class_list":["post-931691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a744e55263b8496e46485bfbaa45b4ff7538a517cfd6f6650798459db78775d2.jpeg\")
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