Barcaldine Solar Farm Explained

The Barcaldine Solar Farm is a solar farm located five kilometres east of the town of Barcaldine in Central Queensland, Australia. The power station is owned by Elecnor and is situated on a 90 hectare site. It will use single-axis tracking technology.[1] The power station can generate 20 megawatts AC.[1] It consists of 78,000 panels.[2]

Power was supplied to the grid in December 2016.[3] It was Queensland's first large scale solar farm.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fact Sheet: Central Queensland solar farm supports rural and remote communities . Clean Energy Finance Corporation . December 2015 . 25 October 2023 .
  2. Web site: Barcaldine powering the move to big solar across Australia . 14 December 2016 . Australian Renewable Energy Agency . 25 October 2023 .
  3. News: Jasmina . 15 December 2016 . Barcaldine Solar Farm achieves first generation . Australian Manufacturing . 25 October 2023.
  4. News: Parkinson . Giles . 10 October 2017 . Elecnor gets approval to add 50MW to Qld’s first solar farm . 25 October 2023.

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