Barcaldine Solar Farm
Blackwater solar farm pty ltd 150 approved approved 11 aug 2017.
Barcaldine solar farm. The barcaldine remote community solar farm pty ltd a company owned by elecnor australia pty ltd is developing the project. The project consists of 25 mwdcp of single axis tracking arrays over an area of approximately 298 ha. Terracom limited 60 announced blue grass solar farm. The large scale solar farm at historic barcaldine more than 1 000 kilometres north west of brisbane is expected to generate enough power to satisfy the needs of around 5 300 homes.
The 93 hectare site has approximately 79 000 solar modules. The bungala solar project was commissioned and connected to the grid in multiple stages. The 20 megawatt solar facility is the first of its kind in queensland and also the biggest solar power plant in the state. The barcaldine remote community solar farm brcsf will be located in central queensland within a fringe of grid area of super premium solar irradiation.
As temperatures soar in outback australia queensland s biggest solar farm built in barcaldine has begun generating and feeding electricity into the grid. Barcaldine rc solar farm. With the potential to produce enough renewable energy to power around 9800 households the barcaldine remote community solar farm is expected to reach full generation by the end of the year. Catcon were engaged by green light contractors glc to construct the civil works piles mechanical and pv modules for a 20 mwac 25 mwdcp solar pv project approximately 4 kms east of barcaldine central qld.
Description of the project. Blair athol solar power station. Spanish based renewable energy development company elecnor says it has won approval for the second stage of its barcaldine solar farm adding 50mw dc and possibly storage. The project site is approximately 90 hectares and located near the barcaldine gas power plant.
The first portion 45 mw of the project began operations in may of 2018. X elio australia pty ltd. The site generates approximately 53 500 megawatt hours of renewable energy each year. Barcaldine remote community solar farm pty ltd brcsf.
The nearby barcaldine remote community solar farm now owned by foresight is making that possible using 78 000 solar panels that stretch across an area bigger than 30 mcg playing fields. Elecnor 20 operating a further 40 mw proposed. Two solar farms comprise this project with the potential to feed electricity to more than 95 000 homes. The barcaldine solar farm is a 25 megawatt photovoltaic solar project located approximately five kilometers east of the central western queensland township of barcaldine.