Sunshine Coast Solar Farm

It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site.

Sunshine coast solar farm.

View the daily power generated from the sunshine coast solar farm solar farm overview. The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora. Live generation data fetching data. Is adjacent to energex s 33kv power line which is capable of receiving the solar farm s power output.

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. Benefits to the region. At its peak the solar farm generates 15 000 kilowatts of electricity. 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.

Sunshine coast solar farm. The sunshine coast solar farm. 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.

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. 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 15 megawatt mw farm will provide the council up to 22 million in savings. The sunshine coast council is now the first local government in australia with 100 per cent of its electricity.

The sunshine coast solar farm is the second largest in queensland and the sixth largest australia wide. The 15 megawatt mw solar farm at valdora was officially powered up on monday. The characteristics of the site are that it. 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.

The electricity generated over one year will be enough to power the equivalent of 5000 homes. Giles parkinson posted on 24 july 2017 24 july.