Energy Figures

Australia

Property report Queanbeyan-Palerang, NSW

Grade D: far from the grid for a solar farm

Best site: 16 km to a 330 kV substation, farther than 9 in 10 operating farms.

Sources: Geoscience Australia, Global Solar Atlas, CSIRO, ABARES Updated 14 Oct 2026 Sources and methods

Add lot 127//DP754887Add lot 1//DP631377Add lot 89//DP754887Add lot 5//DP735165Add lot 107//DP754897Add lot 59//DP754916Add lot 174//DP754887Add lot 4//DP1076990Add lot 26//DP754897Add lot 15//DP882788Add lot 2//DP631377Add lot 1//DP700937Lot 11//DP1130078Lot 126//DP754897Lot 145//DP754887Lot 2//DP511559Lot 7//DP754916Best siteTypical site10 km

AREA 2,732 HALOTS 5

Cadastre © State of NSW (Spatial Services), CC BY 3.0 AUYour propertyNeighbouring lot, tap to addBest and typical sites
Lots in this property (5)
Lots in this property
Lot/planAreaRemove
11//DP1130078Area: 942 haRemove 11//DP1130078Remove
126//DP754897Area: 759 haRemove 126//DP754897Remove
145//DP754887Area: 23 haRemove 145//DP754887Remove
2//DP511559Area: 409 haRemove 2//DP511559Remove
7//DP754916Area: 599 haRemove 7//DP754916Remove

Add a neighbouring lot

Neighbouring lots
Lot/planAreaAdd
127//DP754887Area: 889 haAdd 127//DP754887Add
1//DP631377Area: 641 haAdd 1//DP631377Add
89//DP754887Area: 545 haAdd 89//DP754887Add
5//DP735165Area: 478 haAdd 5//DP735165Add
107//DP754897Area: 459 haAdd 107//DP754897Add
59//DP754916Area: 325 haAdd 59//DP754916Add
174//DP754887Area: 291 haAdd 174//DP754887Add
4//DP1076990Area: 276 haAdd 4//DP1076990Add
26//DP754897Area: 220 haAdd 26//DP754897Add
15//DP882788Area: 172 haAdd 15//DP882788Add
2//DP631377Area: 153 haAdd 2//DP631377Add
1//DP700937Area: 147 haAdd 1//DP700937Add

Grid

Farther from the grid than most operating farms

Nearest substation, best site
16 km
Capital Wind Farm 330 kV substation. Median farm 3.2 km. 13 km from the property's edge.
Nearest line, 66 kV or more, best site
15 km
330 kV. Median farm 0.8 km. 12 km from the property's edge.

Land and sun

Steeper than most operating farms

Slope within 500 m, best site
3.3°
Steeper than 97% of operating solar farms (median 0.8°). Across the property 0.3° to 25.9°.
Full sun a day, best site
4.4 h
Less sun than 87% of operating solar farms (median 4.7 hours a day)

Land use by area

Other minimal use
1,620 ha, 59%
Grazing native vegetation
690 ha, 25%
Grazing modified pastures
420 ha, 15%
Other
2.8 ha, under 1%

Farms nearby

6 within 50 km of the property's edge.

3 more within 50 km

Hear if developers start looking for land near here

Questions

How is the property compared with built solar farms?

Site by site, measured the way the farms are. The property is split into sites the size of a solar farm, circles of 500 m radius, each wholly inside the lots. Each site is measured as each built farm is at its centre: straight-line distance to the nearest substation and to the nearest 66 kV or higher line, solar yield at the centre, and average slope within 500 m. Each site is graded as the land check grades a point, against Australia's operating solar farms of 5 MW or more, with the property's own area: under 20 ha the grade is at most C, and over 300 ha the site is also compared with farms of 100 MW or more. The property isn't graded when half or more of it is protected, built up or water, or when its edge is more than 100 km from a substation. The best site is the one with the best grade, then the closest to the grid and flattest overall; the typical site is the middle one. A lot too small for one site is measured at a point inside it.

Why is the distance from the edge shorter than from the best site?

A large property reaches farther, so its nearest edge is closer to things than any one site on it. The ranking uses sites, measured as built farms are; the edge distance is shown beside it.

How is the whole property measured?

Solar yield and slope are averaged over every grid cell whose centre falls inside the lots: cells of about 1 km for yield and about 90 m for slope. A property smaller than one yield cell takes the value at its centre. Land use is the area of each class at 50 m. The slope bands are plain bins, not a judgement.

Where do the lot boundaries come from?

NSW lots: cadastre © State of NSW (Spatial Services), CC BY 3.0 AU. Queensland lots: the Digital Cadastral Database © State of Queensland (Department of Resources), CC BY 4.0. Each lot is read when first asked for and kept for 30 days. Lots within 60 m of the property, across a road for example, are offered as adjoining lots. A lot is a parcel of land, not a title or an owner: no ownership details are read or shown.

Where do the addresses come from?

From each state's own address service, read when you search: NSW Spatial Services, Queensland's address database and Vicmap Address. Addresses: © State of NSW (Spatial Services), CC BY 3.0 AU; © State of Queensland (Department of Resources), CC BY 4.0; Vicmap Address © State of Victoria, CC BY 4.0. Towns: ABS Suburbs and Localities 2021, CC BY 4.0.

Why only NSW and Queensland?

Property selection covers NSW and Queensland so far, whose cadastres can be read openly lot by lot. Everywhere else the land check works by point. Address search also covers Victoria.

Is this property stored?

Each report stores its lot numbers, the result and the date, at the property's centre rounded to about 100 m. If you answer the hosting question, that is saved with it. See the privacy page.