April 20, 2026
Representatives from Australian Solar Enterprises – the corporation behind the Tumuruu solar farm project at Taromeo – explained the company’s proposed Community Benefit Fund at a meeting held in Blackbutt last Thursday.
The session, organised by the South Burnett Regional Council, was one of a series of “community catch-ups” with councillors being held around the region this month.
Australian Solar Enterprises (ASE) took the opportunity of the gathering to present its proposed Community Benefit Fund, which has been updated to reflect the inclusion of a 2000MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the project alongside the 400MW solar farm.
The Development Application for the solar farm has already been approved however the project still has other outstanding approvals and regulatory requirements ahead of a final go-ahead, expected later this year.
ASE representatives Colin Brown and Chris Elder told the meeting the project would deliver more than $50 million in community benefits across its 50-year life (with CPI indexing).
Its proposal (see below) includes one-off grants at the start of the project, ongoing grants linked to power output and $250,000 over five years for bushfire preparedness.
Tumuruu says the proposed fund would be administered by the South Burnett Regional Council.
South Burnett Mayor Kathy Duff said the proposal had been put forward by Tumuruu but no agreement had been reached so far.
- External link: Tumuruu Solar Farm website
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