Sunshine Coast Solar Farm

Sunshine coast solar farm.

Sunshine coast solar farm.

Reasons for choosing solar. Giles parkinson posted on 24 july 2017 24 july. Council hopes to leverage the solar farm to develop a clean tech. First solar farm connected to energex s 33kv grid in south east queensland.

The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora. The award winning sunshine coast solar farm is the first of its kind in australia. It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site. Officially opened in july 2017 the 15mw solar farm boasts 57 850 photo voltaic panels and is the.

At its peak the solar farm generates 15 000 kilowatts of electricity. The sunshine coast solar farm. Sees council proactively take control of its electricity supply to combat rising electricity costs which were on average 14 higher in queensland last financial year. Benefits to the region.

The sunshine coast solar farm is the second largest in queensland and the sixth largest australia wide. First solar farm in australia to operate at 1 500 volts dc to operate more efficiently. French renewables developer neoen will go ahead with its plans to build a massive solar farm in queensland s western downs region after securing a contract to sell most of the power to t he state government owned renewable energy generator cleanco. The 15 megawatt mw farm will provide the council up to 22 million in savings.

View the daily power generated from the sunshine coast solar farm solar farm overview. Live generation data fetching data. It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site. The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora.

Council is australia s first local government to offset its entire electricity consumption from renewable energy generated at the 15mw sunshine coast solar farm benefit to the region. With a capacity of around 400 mw the western downs green power hub is set to become australia s largest solar farm. The electricity generated over one year will be enough to power the equivalent of 5000 homes. Is adjacent to energex s 33kv power line which is capable of receiving the solar farm s power output.