Oakey Solar Farm is a 100MW solar PV power project. It is located in Queensland, Australia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2019. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Canadian Solar and Diamond Energy. The project is currently owned by Foresight Solar Fund with a stake of 100%.
Oakey Solar Farm is a ground-mounted solar project.
The project generates 138,800MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 24,000 households.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 2019.
Contractors involved
Biosar Australia was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the Oakey Solar Farm (Oakey Solar Farm-2) project. Canadian Solar was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the Oakey Solar Farm (Oakey Solar Farm-2) project. RCR Tomlinson was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the Oakey Solar Farm (Oakey Solar Farm-1) project.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the Oakey Solar Farm (Oakey Solar Farm-1). The company provided 93,600 modules each with 320W of nameplate capacity.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the Oakey Solar Farm (Oakey Solar Farm-2). The company provided 205,860 modules each with 340W of nameplate capacity.
The Oakey Solar Farm (Oakey Solar Farm-2) is utilising single axis trackers supplied by SOLTEC.
Canadian Solar and RCR Tomlinson were contracted to render operations & maintenance services for the project.
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About Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar Inc (Canadian Solar) is a provider of solar energy solutions. The company designs, develops and manufactures solar ingots, wafers, modules, cells, and other solar power products. Its broad range of solar modules find application in residential, commercial, and industrial solar power generation systems; and specialty solar products include customized solar modules that customers incorporate into their own products such as portable solar home systems. Canadian Solar serves distributors, project developers, system integrators and installers and EPC companies across Asia, America, Europe, and other regions. It has manufacturing facilities in China, Taiwan, Canada, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia among others. Canadian Solar is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
About Diamond Energy
Diamond Energy Pty Ltd (Diamond Energy), is a provider of green electricity which offers solar power, generator controls, beyond carbon neutral and renewable power generation. Diamond Energy is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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