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Port Augusta local community welcome greenlighting of solar thermal power plant

Solar thermal power plant supporters and locals welcome greenlighting of Port Augusta project, ABC North and West , By Khama Reid  14 Aug 17 The Port Augusta community and its clean energy supporters have welcomed the news that the world’s largest solar thermal power station will be built in the region.

It was announced yesterday that US operator Solar Reserve would build the 150 megawatt power station known as the Aurora Solar Energy Project at Carriewerloo Station, about 330 kilometres north of Adelaide……

The Government and company attended a public meeting at Port Augusta where they were met with applause and cheering…..

Local Aboriginal leader Malcolm ‘Tiger’ McKenzie said he could see many opportunities in the project to boost employment for Aboriginal people.

“We’re 30 per cent of the population but we don’t participate in the workforce as much,” he said.

Mr McKenzie said he wanted to work with the Government and Solar Reserve to get the best employment outcomes.

“It’s a modern Australia now. We as Aboriginal people have got to maximise opportunities to live in this country and that’s having a job, having an education and contribute.”……
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-15/port-augusta-welcomes-solar-thermal-power-plant-announcement/8810394

August 16, 2017 Posted by | solar, South Australia | Leave a comment

16 August More REneweconomy news

 RenewEconomy
  • How solar tower and storage won on costs
    SolarReserve says its winning solar tower and molten salt storage project can deliver dispatchable, renewable power at just $78/MWh. Why so low?
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 18h ago
  • Senvion installs first prototype of 3.4M140 EBC
    Successful completion of optimised turbine for low wind sites.
    VisitSenvion, 21h ago
  • Younicos-designed WEMAG battery park successfully “black starts” grid on first attempt
    Project partners for Europe’s first commercial battery plant to bring innovative black start concept to market maturity/Younicos software manages reliable re-establishment of power grid.
    VisitYounicos, 21h ago

August 16, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

Adelaide Advertiser (!) applauds decision for Port Augusta solar thermal power plant

The Advertiser Editorial, August 15, 2017: Solar plant can take heat off our power http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/the-advertiser-editorial-august-15-2017-solar-plant-can-take-heat-off-our-power/news-story/6387fb2661ae5f0795d675d893e22b7c?nk=ba26857f63080120cbd5fc74c94d3959-1502867091

BY the end of this decade the skyline of Port Augusta will be marked by a massive tower generating enough power to supply all the schools, hospitals, police stations, government offices, and electrified trams and trains across the state.

Plans were confirmed yesterday to build a sprawling hi-tech solar thermal power plant just outside the regional city.

Residents, environmentalists and politicians have lobbied for years to secure the renewable energy source as the city faced the closure of its long-standing Northern coal-fired power station.

Yesterday they recorded a much-anticipated victory which will benefit the Upper Spencer Gulf region, and the wider state.

US-based company SolarReserve will stump up $650 million to erect the plant, featuring 12,000 “billboard-sized” mirrors focusing the sun’s rays to a point atop a 227m tower to a temperature of 565C.

The technology will enable the mirrors to follow and reflect the sun’s rays with pinpoint precision.

SolarReserve executives said they chose the Port Augusta site, in part, because it boasts workers skilled in power plant operations, who will be buoyed by the new employment prospect.

About 700 direct jobs, and up to 4000 indirect roles, will be created as a result.

The site could even prove to be a tourist attraction, like a similar – but smaller – plant in the American state of Nevada.

And the increased energy market competition should contribute to lower prices for all users.

Unlike previous construction job creators, such as the new RAH or South Rd upgrades, no taxpayer funding was needed for the project.

Instead, the State Government has signed a contract to buy all the power it requires for the next two decades – and at a cheap price, according to the Premier.

South Australia has faced searing criticism in recent months for its unstable energy supply and desperately needs a baseload generator like this to improve reliability and costs.

August 16, 2017 Posted by | solar, South Australia | Leave a comment

16 August REneweconomy news

 RenewEconomy
  • Coal rift? Coalition sends mixed message on new coal power
    Federal treasurer says cheap new coal power a “myth”, federal energy minister says it must be considered – even if the market disagrees.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
  • Tesla Tiny House goes on tour
    Powerwall, as part of the newly created Tesla Tiny House is hitting the road and making its way around Australia.
    VisitTesla, 1d ago
  • CommBank to face new shareholder resolution after climate policy fail
    Market Forces will lodge a new shareholder resolution against Commonwealth Bank after its climate change position statement released today fell well short of its publicly-made 2 degree commitments.
    Visit1d ago
  • Victorian EV conversion company secures CEFC backing
    SEA Electric says $5m CEFC loan will help meet growing demand for technology that converts commercial trucks and vans to electric vehicles.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
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    Failed experiment: Now it’s retail arms gaming energy consumers
    First it was the networks, then generators. Now it’s the retail arms gouging consumers. A bipartisan review of Victoria’s retail electricity market reveals a failed experiment that has delivered the most inflated power bills in Australia.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
     
    Mount Emerald Wind Farm reaches major construction milestone
    Construction at the $360 million Mount Emerald Wind Farm near Mareeba reached an important milestone last week when the first of 53 turbine foundations was put in place.
    VisitRepublic, 1d ago
    First Solar Awarded 241MW module supply contract for edify energy solar projects in Australia
    Company to deliver more than 500MW in Australia over the next 12 Months
    VisitFirst Solar, 1d ago

August 16, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

Mount Emerald Wind Farm reaches major construction milestone

By  on 14 August 2017,Construction at the $360 million Mount Emerald Wind Farm near Mareeba reached an important milestone last week when the first of 53 turbine foundations was put in place.

The 800-tonne foundation which is buried to ground level provides an immovable anchor for each turbine and consists of a 50-tonne reinforced steel cage filled with around 350m3 tonnes of concrete, or up to 70 truckloads.

Ratch Australia Corporation Executive General Manager Business Development, Mr Anthony Yeates, said the first foundation was always a special milestone in wind farm construction. Continue reading →

August 14, 2017 Posted by | Queensland, wind | Leave a comment

Solar company to Deliver More Than 500MW in Australia over the Next 12 Months

First Solar Awarded 241MW module supply contract for edify energy solar projects in Australia http://reneweconomy.com.au/first-solar-awarded-241mw-module-supply-contract-edify-energy-solar-projects-australia-32835/  Company to Deliver More Than 500MW in Australia over the Next 12 Months

BRISBANE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 11, 2017– First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has been awarded a 241 megawatt (MW)DC module supply contract by RCR Tomlinson Ltd (ASX: RCR) as engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Edify Energy’s Daydream (180.7MWDc) and Hayman (60.2MWDC) solar projects in Queensland, Australia.

This contract takes First Solar’s delivery pipeline to over 500MW in the next 12 months, cementing it as the leading module supplier for large-scale solar in Australia.

Located across two sites north of Collinsville, the projects will utilize an optimized technology solution that includes single axis tracking technology from Array Technologies, Inc., and more than 2,026,565 First Solar advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, to produce approximately 531,000 megawatt-hours of sustainable energy each year.

 The First Solar Series 4 modules chosen for the projects are ideally suited to the hot and humid environmental conditions of the Whitsunday Region, due to a superior temperature coefficient, and better shading and spectral response.

“First Solar’s unique energy yield advantage enables our solar projects in North Queensland to produce more energy per MW installed than other available PV technology,” said John Cole, Edify Energy’s Chief Executive. “This is of significant importance for asset owners and operators looking to maximize energy production.

The First Solar team has been very supportive and a key enabler of these projects.”

On completion, the projects will provide significant environmental benefits, producing enough sustainable energy to displace 429,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year combined.

This will serve the needs of approximately 73,000 average Queensland homes, the equivalent of taking approximately 115,000 cars off the road.

Construction on the projects is scheduled to commence in Q3 2017, with module delivery in Q4 2017 and Q1 2018.

August 14, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, solar | Leave a comment

12 August – more REneweconomy news

RenewEconomy
  • It’s absurd. But consumers might be better off quitting the grid
    As long as Australia’s energy networks hold on to their inflated asset base, and generators and retailers to their inflated profit margins, consumers will have no choice but to take matters into their own hands with solar and battery storage. But what a hopeless failure in public policy that would be.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 17h ago
  • EOI open for NQ Clean Energy Hub
    A key part of the $386 million Powering North Queensland Plan will commence today.
    VisitQueensland Government, 17h ago

August 12, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

12 August REneweconomy news

RenewEconomy
  • Australia’s biggest wind farm is also its least productive
    What’s wrong with Australia’s biggest wind farm? Victoria’s 420MW Macarthur facility was supposed to produce 50% more power than it did last year.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 18h ago
  • Another solar farm planned for Collinsville, as Blackrock buys in
    New 50MW Hayman solar farm to go merchant, as US investor BlackRock makes first big move into renewables with two solar farm investments.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 18h ago
  • Australia’s first battery “giga-factory” set for development in Darwin
    Australian company Energy Renaissance says it has “sealed deal” with NT government, locking in Darwin as preferred site for 1GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 18h ago
  • New rules for retailers, but don’t sit there waiting for your electricity bill to go down
    A call to retailers; Information about discounts will be simpler, but you’ll still have to do the legwork to shop around.
    Visit18h ago
  • Scientists develop spit-powered battery
    You can make a battery out of a lemon, a tomato, an orange or a stack of pennies. And now you can make a battery using spit.
    VisitJeremy Deaton, 18h ago
  • RCR awarded $315M for Daydream and Hayman solar farm projects
    RCR Tomlinson Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts for the 150MWac Daydream Solar Farm and the 50MWac Hayman Solar Farm, developed and maintained by Edify Energy Pty Ltd.
    VisitAAP Medianet, 19h ago

August 12, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

Solar power, wind power, storage – to replace Liddell coal plant

Liddell coal plant to be replaced by solar, wind, storage http://reneweconomy.com.au/liddell-coal-plant-to-be-replaced-by-solar-wind-storage-64157/

By Giles Parkinson on 10 August 2017
AGL Energy has continued to rubbish suggestions from members of the Coalition, as well as the Murdoch media and the ABC, that Australia should invest in new baseload generation, particularly in coal plants.

“We just don’t see the development of a new coal-fired power plant as economically rational, even before carbon costs,” AGL Energy CEO Andy Vesey told analysts and journalists at a briefing on Thursday, to mark the release of its annual profit results.

And nor would the company consider extending the life of existing coal-fired generators, such as the Liddell plant in the NSW Hunter Valley, which is scheduled to close in 2022.

AGL made a point in its presentation that the most economic option to replace the 2000MW Liddell would not be coal, or baseload gas, but a mix of energy from wind and solar, and various load shaping and firming capacity from other sources.

 This could include battery storage, pumped hydro, demand response mechanisms, and gas peaking plants. It confirmed it is looking at all possibilities but it highlights the shift from reliance on “baseload” power, which as we saw last summer does not equate to reliability, and dispatchable generation.

Already, the 200MW Silverton wind farm is under construction near Broken Hill, and the 465MW Coopers Gap wind farm in Queensland is expected to begin construction soon. Vesey said this would provide “clean reliable energy” for the grid.

AGL also reproduced its estimates of the current cost of wind and solar PV. Both renewable energy technologies delivered energy at a lower cost than brown or black coal, and were still competitive even after adding “firming costs”.

These estimates do not include carbon risk, and the only thing stopping increased investment in those technologies was the lack of policy certainty, Vesey said.

“The challenge is that we are at a point where the lack of certainty around carbon policy is preventing people from investing in the right options, which we think is wind, solar, and storage,” he said. Asked if the company would extend Liddell, built in 1973, particularly given the windfall earnings from the ageing and fully depreciated coal plants in its portfolio given the high wholesale prices, Vesey said no.

Even without factoring in the carbon risk, it would require significant investment in an asset that would be less reliable and have higher cost than other possibilities, such as renewables.

Indeed, Liddell only operated at a capacity factor of 50 per cent in the last financial year, barely above the best performing wind farms.

Notably, half of its capacity was not available during the supply crunch of the NSW heat wave, when wind and solar saved the day after the state’s two biggest gas generators also crashed.

The Bayswater plant operated at 64 per cent capacity, while Loy Yang A operated at around 75 per cent.

August 11, 2017 Posted by | energy, New South Wales | Leave a comment

Energy executives tell Turnbull they aren’t interested in prolonging life of coal plants

Executives also tell prime minister that policy uncertainty is contributing to rise in power prices, Katherine Murphy, Guardian, 9 Aug 17 Senior energy executives have taken the opportunity of a face-to-face meeting with Malcolm Turnbull to argue policy certainty is required to help lower power prices for consumers – and to signal they are not interested in prolonging the life of coal plants……..

Government backbenchers report being under huge pressure from their constituents over soaring power bills but internal divisions have prevented the Turnbull government, thus far, from resolving whether it wants to adopt the Finkel recommendation of a new clean energy target.

The message the executives delivered to the top echelons of the government was the country needed policy action that would lower or stabilise wholesale electricity prices, not just a focus on retail prices.

  Executives told the prime minister, the energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, the treasurer, Scott Morrison, and the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, that they were interested in running businesses that were intent on reducing their climate risk, so they weren’t interested in maintaining the lifespan of existing coal-fired plants, like Liddell in New South Wales………

After the talks, the prime minister was asked whether he would deliver a full response to the Finkel review by the end of the year.

Turnbull hedged, saying the government was waiting on additional information from the Australian Energy Market Operator about the amount of dispatchable power required to stabilise the grid after the departure of major coal plants which are coming to the end of their operating life.

He said the government would receive that information on 1 September…….

The government will hold another meeting with the same group of executives on 18 August to hear progress.

A report released by the Grattan Institute five months ago highlighted the problems addressed in Wednesday’s meeting.

The Grattan report pointed out that consumers struggle to find better deals to reduce their power bills because they find the market too complicated. It also argued that, if energy retailers failed to clean up their act, political pressure would increase for price regulation given the rapid escalation in energy costs.

On Tuesday night, the Greens called for price regulation by the end of 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/09/energy-chiefs-tell-turnbull-they-arent-interested-in-prolonging-life-of-coal-plants

August 11, 2017 Posted by | energy, politics | Leave a comment

11 August More REneweconomy news

RenewEconomy
  • Turnbull “eyeballs” energy bosses, kids himself on solution
    Big energy retailers didn’t so much blink, as wink in face of Turnbull’s “eyeballing” episode. Here’s why they will be high fiving each other in the Qantas lounge at Canberra airport.
    VisitGiles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath, 1d ago
  • Turnbull has failed to axe Australia’s power price “laziness” tax
    The PM only had to push energy reforms slightly further to make a world of difference, and protect consumers from the “laziness tax” exploited by utilities.
    VisitTristan Edis, 1d ago
  • Energy storage start-up targets Australia, promises compressed air technology “half the cost” of batteries
    Canadian start-up claims it can deliver lowest installed cost per kWh for bulk energy storage with compressed air technology.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
  • SA power-to-gas pilot to trial long-term renewable storage option
    ARENA-backed project to test whether excess solar and wind can be used to produce cheap hydrogen, and as a long-term energy storage option.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
  • Australia’s biggest solar retailer forced to replace non-compliant panels
    Euro Solar forced to surrender STCs or replace PV modules after being found to have installed non-compliant solar panels, as part of a Clean Energy Regulator crackdown on Australia’s rooftop solar industry.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 1d ago
    Origin signs PPA for new 150MW solar farm in north Queensland
    Origin signs 13-year PPA for output of edify Energy’s 150MW Daydream Solar Farm in Queensland – one of the state’s biggest.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 17h ago
    • AGL says solar, wind, storage cheapest way to replace coal
      AGL says new coal plants not economically rational; facilities like Liddell will be replaced by wind, solar, batteries, pumped hydro and other firming capacity.
      VisitGiles Parkinson, 16h ago
    • AEMO set to trial wind farm’s ability to stabilise S.A. grid
      ARENA, AEMO trial testing 100MW Hornsdale 2 wind farm capability to supply grid stabilising services to NEM slated for October.
      VisitSophie Vorrath, 17h ago
    • Tesla adds Brisbane store and service centre – its first in Queensland
      US EV and battery maker opens new retail store at Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, with show room, service centre and four EV super-charging bays.
      VisitSophie Vorrath, 17h ago
    • AGL cashes in on coal splurge, renewable investment drought
      AGL’s multi-billion investment in coal generators, and the recent investment drought in new wind and solar plants, have delivered windfall gains to the country’s biggest generator. It also increased its margins from consumers, despite its offer of discounts.
      VisitGiles Parkinson, 18h ago

August 11, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

11 August REneweconomy news

 RenewEconomy
  • Regulator: It’s OK to charge customers more for energy
    IPART submission to energy price inquiry appears to suggest it’s OK to exploit consumers if they don’t have time or knowledge to search for discounts.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 2d ago
  • Fund manager bankrolls 19MW solar farm in north-west Victoria
    Impact Investment Group has underwritten construction of a $32 million, 19MW solar farm in Victoria’s north-west.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 2d ago
  • Kerry Schott, Clare Savage named to Energy Security Board
    Dr Kerry Schott AO as Independent Chair and Clare Savage as Deputy Chair of the Energy Security Board.
    VisitCOAG Energy Council, 2d ago
  • EnergyAustralia pays dearly for gas, consumers pay more
    EnergyAustralia says profits fell as it got hit by having to buy gas, but it was offset by increased gains from its retail business as consumer bills surged.
    VisitSophie Vorrath, 2d ago
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    Impact Investment Group funds new solar farm in regional Victoria
    Impact Investment Group will fund the construction and operation of a new 19MW solar farm in Swan Hill, Victoria.
    VisitRenewEconomy, 2d ago

August 11, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

9 August REneweconomy news

 RenewEconomy
 

  • Making the energy transition more equitable and inclusive
    The transition to a clean, affordable and equitable supply of energy is finely on the agenda in Australia, compounded by soaring electricity prices and the mostly favourable response to the Finkel review.
    VisitDr Cassandra Goldie, 1d ago
  • SA’s energy policy: five steps forward, two steps back
    South Australia’s energy security target could increase electricity prices while providing an incentive for power companies to pump out more carbon emissions.
    VisitNicky Ison, 1d ago
  • Queenslanders blame something they don’t have – renewables – for rising energy bills
    Queenslanders apparently blame renewables for price rises, even though they have any. But don’t get between a poll and a Murdoch campaign.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 1d ago
  • Poles and wires: Consumers using less, paying more
    Malcolm Turnbull should have a word with network owners and regulators this week, as well as the gentailers. Network charges per unit of electricity have more than doubled.
    VisitDavid Leitch, 1d ago
Sophie Vorrath, RenewEconomy
20h agoventure capital
Tesla Powerpack battery added to wind turbine at NZ salt factory
In “Australasian first”, 250kW Tesla Powerpack added to 660kw wind turbine, to provide 75 per cent of energy for NZ salt manufacturer.
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    Tesla, Zen, Lyon slam S.A. energy security target as industrial “relic”
    Tesla, Zen, Lyon and others slam South Australia’s proposed energy security target, saying it lacks technical expertise and will deliver windfall profits to incumbent gas generators, and not encourage new technologies like battery storage.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 18h ago
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    Know your NEM: The profits CLP didn’t make from Australian brown coal
    The interesting takeaway from EnergyAustralia’s interim results, and other news from the NEM week that was.
    VisitDavid Leitch, 19h ago
  • Tesla says favouring gas akin to choosing paper records over digital files
    Tesla says battery storage can deliver many grid services provided by gas generators, and thinking otherwise is like supporting paper records over digital files.
    VisitGiles Parkinson, 19h ago
  • Tesla seeks $1.5bn bond offering while shifting solar strategy
    Tesla is emphasising profitability from its solar business, which has undergone significant transformation since the company bought SolarCity.
    VisitChristian Roselund, 19h ago
    Sophie Vorrath, RenewEconomy
    20h agoventure capital
    Tesla Powerpack battery added to wind turbine at NZ salt factory
    In “Australasian first”, 250kW Tesla Powerpack added to 660kw wind turbine, to provide 75 per cent of energy for NZ salt manufacturer.

August 9, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy | Leave a comment

Across Australia, rooftop solar continues its record year

Rooftop solar continues record year, even as STC price fall kicks in http://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-continues-record-year-even-stc-price-fall-kicks-11833/ By Sophie Vorrath on 7 August 2017, One Step Off The Grid

Another 93MW of solar PV was installed on Australian homes and business in the month of July, as booming markets in every state continue to deliver the nation’s best year to date, with a total of 568MW installed so far in 2017.

In its latest monthly market update, solar analysts Sunwiz said the solar PV market had maintained the record-breaking momentum of the previous two months, painting a picture of “a market that is level – at exceptionally high levels.”

According to Sunwiz, this July marked the second highest ever for registrations in that month, maintaining the record solar tally for any year to date that has put the market 47 per cent ahead of the same time last year.

The report notes that part of the reason for this sustained PV market momentum is that every state is doing so well at the same time, not least Western Australia, which is having its best ever start to the year.

Of course, one significant down-side to the booming installation market has been the sudden drop in small-scale renewable energy certificate (STC) prices – which, as we reported here, caught many PV installers off-guard and pushed up the cost of installing solar by around 10 per cent for households and small business.

According to Sunwiz, STC prices – which last month fell from around $40 to as low as $26 – are likely to keep falling as long as the STC creation rate continues to exceed the target, “something we feel is very likely to happen,” it says.

“So expect a soft STC price that will only turn north in early 2018.”

Elsewhere, the report notes that commercial solar systems of larger than 10kW notched up record high monthly and tri-monthly figures, with 33 per cent of volume in June down to commercial installations.

In July the proportion of commercial fell slightly to 31 per cent, as the volume in the 6-10kW range expanded to 20 per cent of the market.

NSW again led the pack on commercial installs, although it was briefly overtaken by Victoria and then Queensland, “but rounded out July on top again” after Victoria stalled and then Queensland fell, the report says.

In the residential market, average rooftop solar system sizes remained steady at and average of 6.5kW, sustaining a new record.

August 7, 2017 Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, solar | Leave a comment

Wandoan solar farm – Australia’s largest, planned for the middle of Queensland’s gas country

Equis plans 1,000MW solar farm in heart of Queensland’s gas country, REneweconomy By Giles Parkinson on 7 August 2017 Singapore-based renewable energy developer Equis Energy has announced plans to build a 1,000MW solar farm – which would be Australia’s largest – in the heart of Queensland’s coal and gas region in the Surat Basin.

The Wandoan solar farm, to be built near the town of the same name, adds considerably to the huge pipeline of wind and solar projects in Queensland, which now stands at more than 4,000MW.

Wandoan won approval from the Western Downs Council late last week and will begin construction when the first of several negotiations on off-take agreements is complete.

The $1.5 billion project is expected to be built in stages, and Equis could go bigger – this plant is likely to cover 1,400 hectares but is has more than 5000 hectares available.

Equis is taking advantage of existing infrastructure, including new transmission assets, which has been built to support the gas industry. Demand for energy is highest in the region because of the gas export industry.

Equis is also planning to build the 127MW Tailem Bend solar project in South Australia, to be built near a 28M diesel plant owned by Snowy Hydro.

That solar farm will begin construction when negotiations for contracts are concluded, and Equis also has an interest in the 150MW Collinsville north solar farm, where PPAs are also under construction, and other projects in the pipeline in South Australia and NSW.

All project are considered to be “battery storage ready”…….

The Wandoan project will include 3 million solar PV panels and generate 1.8 million MWh of electricity a year, equivalent to the annual needs of around 255,000 homes. http://reneweconomy.com.au/equis-plans-1000mw-solar-farm-heart-queenslands-gas-country-90246/

August 7, 2017 Posted by | Queensland, solar | Leave a comment

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