Manildra Solar Farm is a 55.9MW solar PV power project. It is located in New South Wales, Australia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2017 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in December 2018. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by First Solar (Australia) and Iberdrola Australia. The project is currently owned by Banpu with a stake of 100%.
Manildra Solar Farm is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 120 hectares.
The project generates 118,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 14,000 households, offsetting 91,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2017 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in December 2018.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to EnergyAustralia under a power purchase agreement for a period of 13 years from 2018. The contracted capacity is 46.7MW.
Contractors involved
RCR Tomlinson was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 465,600 modules each with 120W of nameplate capacity.
SMA Solar Technology supplied 20 of its 2500SC-EV inverters to the project site.
The project is utilising horizontal single axis trackers supplied by NEXTracker.
First Solar and NovaSource Power Services were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.
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About Iberdrola Australia
Iberdrola Australia Ltd (Iberdrola Australia), a subsidiary of Iberdrola SA, is a major renewable energy company that develops, builds, owns, and operates renewable energy generation assets in Australia. It generates electricity through both owned and contracted wind farms and a solar farm across New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia. IEL sells the produced electricity to a range of customers in wholesale markets. Its development pipeline comprises wind and solar projects. The company has operations in Australia, Bermuda, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, and the US through its subsidiaries and offices. Iberdrola Australia is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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