Batteries and pumped hydro · Energy
Calala Battery Energy Storage System
474 Calala Lane, Calala · Tamworth Regional · New South Wales
ApprovedSSD-52786213No EPBC referral1 modification
Where the approval stands
How this is worked outDecided 18 months after its first record on the NSW portal. Of the 63 NSW generation and storage projects that entered the portal from August 2020 and have been decided, half took 34 months or less.
Decided, 18 months
- $518m
- Capital investment value
- 18 mo
- Time to decision Typical 34 mo
- 170
- Construction jobs
- StateState significant development, SSD-52786213
Approved. NSW Department of Planning. Lodged 19 December 2022. Decided 27 June 2024.
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Constraints
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Modification 1 Calala BESS - s4.55(1A) Minor Modification WorksValue not publishedKingswood Battery Energy Storage System$458mTamworth Battery Energy Storage System$260mBurgmanns Battery Energy Storage SystemValue not publishedOaklands Estate Residential DevelopmentValue not publishedPeel Valley Tamworth AbattoirValue not published
Facts and sources
- Location
- 474 Calala Lane, Calala, Tamworth Regional, New South Wales
- Owner
- Not published
- Contractors
- Not named in a public source yet
- Value
- $518m, capital investment value
- Jobs
- 170 during construction, 7 once operating
- Last activity
- 12 June 2026
- NSW Major Projects portalLicence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
- NSW Major Projects documentsCapital investment value stated in the Department's notice of decision, given as an approximate figure. Document: SSD Notice of Decision - Calala BESS.pdf. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
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