Broken Hill Solar Park is a 53MW solar PV power project. It is located in New South Wales, Australia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in September 2015.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 53 | 53 | – | Active | New South Wales, Australia | AGL Energy |
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Description
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The project was developed by AGL Energy and is currently owned by Powering Australian Renewables.
Broken Hill Solar Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 140 hectares.
The project generates 126GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 17,000 households, offsetting 103,710t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $114.831m.
80 inverters have been installed at the project site.
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The project got commissioned in September 2015.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to AGL Energy under a power purchase agreement from 2015. The contracted capacity is 53MW.
Contractors Involved
First Solar was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
First Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 678,000 modules at the site.
The project is utilising trackers supplied by IXL Group.
First Solar is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project for a period of 5 years.
About AGL Energy
AGL Energy Ltd (AGL) is an integrated energy company that owns, operates and develops energy assets and provides natural gas, electricity, solar photovoltaic solutions and related products and services. The company’s power generation portfolio includes coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar, landfill and biomass based power generation facilities. It also invests in and operates natural gas exploration, development and production tenements and operates natural gas storage facilities. The company serves wholesale markets, consumer markets and business customers in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland in Australia. AGL is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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