About Us
Fair Go for Mount Fairy is a community-led group focused on blocking the proposed Magpie Hill Solar Farm and protecting our region from the growing concentration of industrial-scale developments across Mount Fairy, Tarago and surrounding regions.
The proposed Magpie Hill - 660,000 solar panels with thousands of motors + large scale Battery Plant, overhead powerlines sits within a landscape already impacted by existing and proposed wind farms, solar farms, battery storage facilities, transmission corridors and the proposed Veolia Woodlawn incinerator.
Despite the clear overlap in infrastructure, landholders and environmental impact, these projects continue to be assessed individually rather than for their combined effect on communities, wildlife, bushfire risk, roads, water and rural amenity.
Our community believes regional NSW deserves a fair go – a fair go in planning, genuine consultation and proper cumulative impact assessment before irreversible decisions are made.
Fair Go Mount Fairy exists to share facts, support residents and ensure country communities are not treated as industrial sacrifice zones.
About Them
Magpie Hill Solar Farm – Mint Renewables
According to publicly available information from Mint Renewables, the proposed Magpie Hill Solar Farm is located approximately:
6 km south-west of Tarago
17 km north-east of Bungendore
The project is currently being investigated with:
approximately 360 MW generation capacity
approximately 1,440 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
an investigation area of approximately 735–750 hectares
Mint Renewables states the project has been positioned near existing 330kV transmission infrastructure to enable grid connection.
Public project information states the development may include:
solar arrays
battery storage systems
substations
inverters
single-axis trackers
associated access infrastructure.
Woodlawn Advanced Energy Recovery Centre – Veolia
Veolia is proposing a large-scale Advanced Energy Recovery Centre (ARC) within the existing Woodlawn Eco-Precinct near Tarago.
According to NSW Planning Portal documentation, the proposal includes:
thermal treatment of up to 380,000 tonnes of residual waste annually
generation of approximately 30 MW of electricity
an estimated capital investment of approximately $600 million.
Veolia states the proposal forms part of its existing Woodlawn Eco-Precinct operations west of Tarago.
Woodlawn Eco-Precinct – Veolia
The Woodlawn Eco-Precinct is an existing large-scale industrial waste and resource recovery precinct near Tarago.
According to NSW EPA information, the precinct currently includes:
landfill operations
resource recovery facilities
mechanical biological treatment facilities
evaporation dams
bioenergy infrastructure
waste transport infrastructure.
The precinct occupies the former Woodlawn Mine site and services metropolitan waste streams transported into the region.
Pylara Wind Farm – Iberdrola Australia
Iberdrola Australia is progressing the proposed Pylara Wind Farm within the Southern Tablelands region.
Publicly available project documentation references:
wind turbine infrastructure
substations
associated access infrastructure
proposed transmission connection infrastructure and overhead transmission lines.
Project information:
Pylara Wind Farm FAQ
Boro Solar Farm – NSW Planning Portal
The proposed Boro Solar Farm forms part of the expanding concentration of renewable energy developments across the Southern Tablelands region surrounding Mount Fairy, Tarago and Bungendore.
Gundary Solar Farm – NSW Planning Portal
The proposed Gundary Solar Farm near Goulburn forms part of the increasing number of large-scale solar developments proposed within the broader region.
Capital Wind Farm
The existing Capital Wind Farm operates between Bungendore and Tarago and includes:
67 wind turbines
approximately 140 MW installed generation capacity
The wind farm has operated since 2009.
Woodlawn Wind Farm
The existing Woodlawn Wind Farm near Tarago includes:
43 wind turbines
approximately 48.3 MW installed capacity
The project is located on the former Woodlawn Mine site.
Sand Extraction & Mining Operations
The broader Southern Tablelands region also contains existing and proposed extractive industries, including sand extraction and mining operations associated with construction materials and infrastructure supply chains servicing the wider NSW market.
These operations contribute further industrial activity and heavy vehicle movement across the region.
One Connected Landscape
This region is no longer experiencing a single project in isolation.
It is experiencing the cumulative concentration of:
solar farms
wind farms
industrial battery storage
overhead transmission corridors
landfill and waste infrastructure
energy-from-waste proposals
mining and extractive industries
heavy transport networks
across one interconnected rural landscape and community network.
Individually assessed. Collectively lived.