The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora.
Sunshine coast solar farm.
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The sunshine coast solar farm is the second largest in queensland and the sixth largest australia wide.
Sees council proactively take control of its electricity supply to combat rising electricity costs which were on average 14 higher in queensland last financial year.
Council hopes to leverage the solar farm to develop a clean tech.
The electricity generated over one year will be enough to power the equivalent of 5000 homes.
Council is australia s first local government to offset its entire electricity consumption from renewable energy generated at the 15mw sunshine coast solar farm benefit to the region.
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Benefits to the region.
It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site.
The sunshine coast council is now the first local government in australia with 100 per cent of its electricity.
Sunshine coast solar farm.
At its peak the solar farm generates 15 000 kilowatts of electricity.
The 15 megawatt mw farm will provide the council up to 22 million in savings.
Reasons for choosing solar.
With a capacity of around 400 mw the western downs green power hub is set to become australia s largest solar farm.
View the daily power generated from the sunshine coast solar farm solar farm overview.
French renewables developer neoen will go ahead with its plans to build a massive solar farm in queensland s western downs region after securing a contract to sell most of the power to t he state government owned renewable energy generator cleanco.
Is adjacent to energex s 33kv power line which is capable of receiving the solar farm s power output.
The 15 megawatt mw solar farm at valdora was officially powered up on monday.
The sunshine coast solar farm.
Sunshine coast becomes first council to complete its own large scale solar farm and expects it to deliver 22 million in savings over life of plant.