Bungaban Wind Farm Connection Project

Overview

The 1.4GW Bungaban Wind Farm will be located 40km north-east of Wandoan and will generate enough energy to power 700,000 homes. Powerlink has been engaged by renewable energy company Windlab to investigate transmission line connection options for the wind farm. 

Connection works will include:

• building a new substation at the wind farm site
• constructing a double circuit 275kV transmission line between the wind farm and Powerlink’s existing Wandoan South Substation.

Status

Final Corridor 

We have released a final corridor in line with step four of Powerlink’s transmission easement engagement process. 

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• latest news
• project resources
• an interactive map
• project timeline
• frequently asked questions
• next steps for the project.

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Background 

We have previously completed consultation and engagement activities on the study area and corridor options report. Below is an outline of our activities.

Study Area 

As part of our grid connection investigations, we released a high-level study area in July 2024 and began engaging with landholders, Traditional Owner groups, community members and other stakeholders. We commenced with telephone calls to landholders within the study area (where contact details were publicly available), briefings with community groups and local councils, and hosted community information drop-in sessions to gather specific feedback and insights. 

Over four days we met with nearly 50 community members who spoke with our project team, asked questions and shared their feedback. Input and insights we received during these sessions, and via email, telephone calls, on-site meetings, stakeholder visits, feedback forms and project page comments informed our analysis and helped us identify two corridor options for further investigation. 

Corridor Options

In November 2024, Powerlink released two 1km-wide corridor options for public comment. They shared a common section through the highly constrained area between the Wandoan South Substation and Roche Creek Road. Beyond this point, the common section split into two possible routes to the Bungaban Wind Farm site: Corridor Option 1 (South) and Corridor Option 2 (North).   

Engagement with landholders, Traditional Owner groups, community members and other stakeholders occurred throughout November and December 2024 to gather insights and feedback on these options. This process highlighted an area within corridor option 1 (south) for further investigation and consultation on this took place in March 2025.  

Recommended Corridor 

In April 2025, Powerlink released a 1km-wide recommended corridor, informed by feedback gathered during consultation on the corridor options.

​Further input from stakeholders, along with ongoing technical analysis resulted in three main realignments:  

• ​Mundell State Forest realignment 
  Upon exiting the wind farm site, the corridor is realigned further south to follow property boundaries, and bypassing Mundell State Forest.
• ​Hansens Road realignment  
  The corridor has been realigned to the east to follow property boundaries more closely and avoid potential land use impacts such as aerial mustering.
• ​Middle/Roche Creek Roads deviation  
  A common section between Middle Creek Road and Roche Creek Road has been deviated moving further west to minimise impacts on planned land use activities and farming operations.