About the application

Application: Renewable Energy Infrastructure Licence (REIL)

Applicant: Willogoleche 2 Operating Trust, a subsidiary of ENGIE

Purpose: Construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of up to 20 wind turbine generators (WTG), a 200-megawatt/800-megawatt-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and a 14.6 km overhead transmission line (OTL)

Location

Willigoleche wind farm project location The project site is located approximately 6 km north-west of the Hallett township, in South Australia.

Documents for public comment

The Statement of Environmental Objectives (SEO) and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and  have been submitted by ENGIE, following stakeholder consultation.

Statement of Environment Objectives

Environmental Impact Report

Main report and Appendix A: Consultation report

Content for Appendix B through to Appendix J

Making a submission

You can submit your views by providing comments directly in the submission form (link provided below), or you can upload your comments to the submission form as a separate document.

Should you make a written submission, that submission becomes a public record. All written submissions will be provided to the applicant for consideration and will be made publicly available on the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Register (unless deemed irrelevant, offensive, or on any other grounds that the Minister thinks fit) in accordance with the requirements of the HRE Act and regulations.

The delegate of the Minister for Energy and Mining is required to have regard to these submissions in determining whether to grant or refuse the application and, if granted, the terms and conditions on which it should be granted.

Closing date for submissions

Comments on the proposal must be submitted by 5:00 pm, 2 November 2026.

More information

If you have any questions about the consultation process contact Department for Energy and Mining – Energy Regulation: