{"id":15296,"date":"2017-09-25T07:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T20:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=15296"},"modified":"2017-09-25T07:11:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T20:41:17","slug":"mareeba-solar-farm-mb0221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/mareeba-solar-farm-mb0221\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval Granted For 60MW Mareeba Solar Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15297\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15297\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mareeba-solar-farm.jpg\" alt=\"Mareeba Solar Farm\" width=\"700\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mareeba-solar-farm.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mareeba-solar-farm-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/solar-energy-photovoltaic-panels-868663\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">eliseocabrera<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Queensland&#8217;s Mareeba Shire Council has approved plans for Mareeba Solar Farm, a facility that will boast 196,000 solar panels.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It&#8217;s expected construction of the solar power station near Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in the far north of the state, will start next year. 200 jobs will be created during the construction phase and up to ten full-time operational roles.<\/p>\n<p>Mareeba Solar Farm will generate more than 147 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year; enough to power the equivalent of 18,723 households.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cMareeba prides itself on having 300 sunny days a year so we ought to take advantage of that. Renewable energy is becoming more in demand and we are certainly excited about this potential investment,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/msc.qld.gov.au\/items-of-interest-council-meeting-20-september-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Mayor Tom Gilmore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The facility will be developed by Sydney-based CleanGen Projects Pty Ltd, which states it has more than 1600MW of solar farm projects in its pipeline, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kerang (Victoria &#8211; 60 MW)<\/li>\n<li>Burdekin (Queensland &#8211; 140MW)<\/li>\n<li>Narrabri (NSW &#8211; 120MW)<\/li>\n<li>Red Cliffs (Victoria &#8211; 60MW)<\/li>\n<li>Tatura (Victoria &#8211; 60MW)<\/li>\n<li>Yabulu (Queensland &#8211; 60MW)<\/li>\n<li>Townsville South (Queensland &#8211; 120MW)<\/li>\n<li>Loxton (South Australia &#8211; 240MW)<\/li>\n<li>Forbes (New South Wales &#8211; 120MW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CleanGen Projects&#8217; founder and director is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleangen.com.au\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ms. Koovashni Reddy<\/a>, who is described as a &#8220;passionate environmental entrepreneur&#8221; with decades of experience in renewable energy, business development, financing, investment, energy trading and power purchase agreements (PPA&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Reddy was previously the co-founder and managing director of solar power retailer Earth Utility, which <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/BaC9Wy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found itself a spot of bother<\/a> and went into administration in 2010.<\/p>\n<h2>Queensland Solar Juggernaut Rumbles On<\/h2>\n<p>Approvals for large-scale solar farms in the sunshine state have been flying thick and fast in recent times. Last week we reported Western Downs Regional Council announced approval of the 250MW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/western-downs-solar-farm-mb0218\/\"> Western Downs Solar Farm<\/a>; the second large-scale PV approval from the Council in a week.<\/p>\n<p>Also last week, Queensland\u2019s Treasurer and then-Acting Energy Minister Curtis Pitt <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/WwBkmY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the state had a <span id=\"releaseContent\">pipeline of 40 major proposed renewable energy projects worth $5 billion,\u00a0with a generating capacity of\u00a05297 MW and 9,245 jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"releaseContent\">Green Energy Markets&#8217; latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-panel-savings-australia-mb0219\/\">Renewable Energy Index<\/a> indicated that in August, Queensland outpaced New South Wales for renewable energy jobs related to large-scale projects for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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