Multiple Renewable Energy Projects
Ground Control was engaged in 2021 to prepare landscape plans to provide vegetative screening to two new Solar PV farms in NSW and to a new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Victoria.
On the back of the successful completion of the landscape planning for these projects, Ground Control was engaged to prepare screen planting plans for an additional thirteen new Solar PV farms and another eight BESS projects in regional Victoria, NSW & South Australia. The planning for all of these projects was completed in 2022/23. There are more solar farm and BESS projects planned for 2024.
All Solar PV and BESS screening projects involved the use of predominantly indigenous vegetation for screening species, limited to specific mature heights in selected areas. Detailed research was undertaken for each project to confirm species local to each area, including crosschecking with local specialist native nurseries re availability and viability for purpose.
Where taller trees were proposed, a detailed summer and winter shadow analysis was undertaken to ensure shade from trees on solar arrays was minimised.