Darling Downs Solar Farm

Solar power station in Queensland, Australia

Darling Downs Solar Farm

Country| Australia
Location| 45km west of Dalby, Queensland
Coordinates| 27°06′43″S 150°52′55″E﻿ / ﻿27.1120°S 150.8819°E﻿ / -27.1120; 150.8819
Status| Operational
Commission date| May 2018
Construction cost| A$175 million
Owner| APA Group
Solar farm
Type| Flat-panel PV
Collectors| 430,000
Site area| 200 hectares (490 acres)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity| 110 MW

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Darling Downs Solar Farm is a 110MW photovoltaic solar power station in Queensland, Australia, developed by APA Group. It is located45 km west of Dalby in the Darling Downs region, next to the Darling Downs Power Station. All the power it produces will be sold to Origin Energy under a power purchase agreement until 2030. The solar farm connects to the national electricity grid through Powerlink's Braemar substation. It has approximately 430,000 solar panels spanning an area of around 250 hectares (620 acres).[1]

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

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

## References

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1. ^ "darling downs solar farm". APA Group. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
2. ^ "Darling Downs Solar Farm". Aussie Renewables. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
3. ^ "Darling Downs Solar Farm". RCR Tomlinson. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
4. ^ "Darling Downs solar farm hooks up to main electricity grid". Energy Matters. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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