{"id":18587,"date":"2018-01-23T06:36:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=18587"},"modified":"2024-07-03T12:32:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T03:02:25","slug":"esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\/","title":{"rendered":"Childers And Susan River Solar Farms Construction To Start Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-farms-queensland.jpg\" alt=\"Esco Pacific Queensland Solar Power Projects\" width=\"700\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-farms-queensland.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-farms-queensland-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commencement of construction of Esco Pacific&#8217;s Childers And Susan River Solar Farms in Queensland isn&#8217;t far off, and other Esco large-scale PV projects are progressing.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Childers River Solar Farm<\/h2>\n<p>To be situated 60km south of the Bundaberg&#8217;s CBD and 15km south-east from the township of Childers, the project web site states the facility will be up to 120MW (NewsMail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-mail.com.au\/news\/multi-million-dollar-solar-farm-construction-to-be\/3316403\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports it<\/a> as being 75MW). Esco Pacific states the facility will consist of approximately 400,000 solar panels mounted on single axis trackers. Development approval for the project was granted by Bundaberg Regional Council in December 2016 and construction is expected to start in the next month or two.<\/p>\n<h2>Susan River Solar Farm<\/h2>\n<p>Approved by Fraser Coast Regional Council in December 2016, the $175-million Susan River Solar Farm will be up to 100MW capacity and built on a site approximately 17 kilometres from Hervey Bay. The <a href=\"https:\/\/atmosrenewables.com.au\/asset\/susan-river-solar-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan River project web site<\/a> indicates the ~350,000 solar panels will be either be fixed or mounted on horizontal trackers. Construction of the facility is expected to start in the second quarter of this year and involves a build time of approximately 12 months.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Esco PV Projects<\/h2>\n<p>Also in the works is <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/thBvcf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross River Solar Farm<\/a>, which should be completed before the end of the year. Located 20 kilometres south of Townsville, the 148MW facility will generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 54,000 homes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is clear that Australian merchant solar remains an attractive opportunity for experienced investors,\u201d said ESCO Pacific managing director and founder Steve Rademaker. &#8220;ESCO looks forward to continue bringing jobs and growth to regional Australia through its extensive pipeline of highly advanced projects currently under development.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The company has also secured planning approvals for three other solar farms &#8211; Munna Creek (QLD &#8211; 120MW), Rollingstone (QLD &#8211; 110MW) and Koberinga (QLD &#8211; up to 55MW).<\/p>\n<p>Last month, we reported the company had proposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/mulwala-solar-farm-mb0371\/\">140MW solar farm<\/a> that may include battery storage for a site near the town of Mulwala in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Also in New South Wales, ESCO&#8217;s Finley Solar Farm is awaiting approval. To be located to the west of the township of Finley in the Berrigan Shire Council region, the facility will be up to 170 MW capacity. At that size, it will boast around half a million solar panels. As the project is classified a State Significant Development, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au.\/index.pl?action=view_job&amp;job_id=8540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a> is being assessed by the NSW Department of Planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commencement of construction of Esco Pacific&#8217;s Childers And Susan River Solar Farms in Queensland isn&#8217;t far off, and other Esco large-scale PV projects are progressing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Childers And Susan River Solar Farms Construction To Start Soon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Start of construction of Esco Pacific&#039;s Childers And Susan River Solar Farms in Queensland isn&#039;t far off, and other projects are progressing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Childers And Susan River Solar Farms Construction To Start Soon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Start of construction of Esco Pacific&#039;s Childers And Susan River Solar Farms in Queensland isn&#039;t far off, and other projects are progressing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-22T20:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T03:02:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-farms-queensland.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"429\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Childers And Susan River Solar Farms Construction To Start Soon\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-22T20:06:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-03T03:02:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/esco-solar-farms-queensland-mb0426\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/solar-farms-queensland.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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