Darling Downs Solar Farm

Solar power station in Queensland, Australia

27°06′43″S 150°52′55″E / 27.1120°S 150.8819°E / -27.1120; 150.8819StatusOperationalCommission dateMay 2018Construction costA$175 millionOwner(s)APA GroupSolar farm TypeFlat-panel PVCollectors430,000Site area200 hectares (490 acres)Power generationNameplate capacity110 MW

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Darling Downs Solar Farm is a 110MW photovoltaic solar power station in Queensland, Australia developed by APA Group 45 km west of Dalby in the Darling Downs region next to the Darling Downs Power Station. All of the power it produces will be sold to Origin Energy until 2030. It connects to the national electricity grid through Powerlink's Braemar substation. It has approximately 430,000 solar panels on an area of approximately 250 hectares (620 acres).^[1]

It was planned by Origin Energy, which owns the adjacent natural gas Darling Downs Power Station. Origin received planning approval and A$20 million support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) before selling the project to APA Group in May 2017.^[2] designed and built by RCR Tomlinson under an engineering, procurement and construction contract of approximately A$175 million.^[3]

Darling Downs was the ninth solar farm approved by the Western Downs Regional Council.^[4]

References

^ "darling downs solar farm". APA Group. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "Darling Downs Solar Farm". Aussie Renewables. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "Darling Downs Solar Farm". RCR Tomlinson. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ "Darling Downs solar farm hooks up to main electricity grid". Energy Matters. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.