Sunshine Coast Solar Farm

The 15 megawatt mw farm will provide the council up to 22 million in savings.

Sunshine coast solar farm.

The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora. It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site. The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora. 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.

At its peak the solar farm generates 15 000 kilowatts of electricity. Sunshine coast solar farm. 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. The award winning sunshine coast solar farm is the first of its kind in australia.

The electricity generated over one year will be enough to power the equivalent of 5000 homes. Reasons for choosing solar. 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. The sunshine coast council in queensland australia is the country s first local government to offset 100 percent of its electricity consumption across all its facilities and operations through its solar farm.

Is adjacent to energex s 33kv power line which is capable of receiving the solar farm s power output. Sunshine coast becomes first council to complete its own large scale solar farm and expects it to deliver 22 million in savings over life of plant. Officially opened in july 2017 the 15mw solar farm boasts 57 850 photo voltaic panels and is the. The sunshine coast solar farm is the second largest in queensland and the sixth largest australia wide.

It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site. First solar farm in australia to operate at 1 500 volts dc to operate more efficiently. First solar farm connected to energex s 33kv grid in south east queensland. Live generation data fetching data.

The sunshine coast solar farm. View the daily power generated from the sunshine coast solar farm solar farm overview. Council hopes to leverage the solar farm to develop a clean tech. With a capacity of around 400 mw the western downs green power hub is set to become australia s largest solar farm.