{"id":32163,"date":"2019-07-22T06:24:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=32163"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:05:34","slug":"big-solar-roundup-mb1141","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Week For Big Solar In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-solar-australia-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Large-scale solar energy in Australia\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-solar-australia-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-solar-australia-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-solar-australia-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-solar-australia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lot has been happening on the large-scale solar energy front in Australia in the past week &#8211; here&#8217;s a roundup of some of the notable events.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>NT &#8211; Government Backs Huge Solar + Storage Project<\/h2>\n<p>The Northern Territory Government has granted Major Project status to Sun Cable&#8217;s proposed Australia-Singapore Power Link (ASPL). The $20 billion venture involves a 10 gigawatt solar farm with 20-30 gigawatt hours of battery storage to be built near Tennant Creek. It&#8217;s intended the energy generated by the facility will supply Darwin and Singapore; the latter via a\u00a0 3,800 kilometre high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Northern Territory has an incredible opportunity to lead the world as a renewable energy hub \u2013 and seizing this opportunity will deliver thousands of local jobs,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.nt.gov.au\/article?id=31259\">said<\/a> NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner on Saturday. &#8220;Major Project Status for Sun Cable is an important step towards making this this vision a reality.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>NT &#8211; Katherine Solar Farm Construction Commences<\/h2>\n<p>Eni Australia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/rural\/2019-07-18\/oil-and-gas-giant-eni-start-building-biggest-solar-farm-in-nt\/11317072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> commenced construction<\/a> of a $40 million PV project near Katherine in the Northern Territory. The 25MW facility is expected to be completed later this year and will also incorporate a 5.7 MVA\/2.9MWh battery storage facility. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/northern-territory-solar-mb0307\/\">Katherine Solar Farm<\/a> project was previously owned by Epuron, who will have a role in managing the facility once it is operational.<\/p>\n<h2>NSW &#8211; FRV Secures Financing For Goonumbla<\/h2>\n<p>Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has secured financing for the 67.8 MW (AC) <a href=\"http:\/\/goonumblasolarfarm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goonumbla Solar Farm<\/a>, which is to be constructed approximately 10km west of Parkes in New South Wales. Up to 150 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase and the facility should start operations in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2>SA &#8211; Port Pirie Solar Project Approved<\/h2>\n<p>EPS Energy announced last week its $650 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bungamasolar.com.au\/\"> Bungama Solar project<\/a> had been approved. The project incorporates a 280 MW (AC) PV power station and a 140MW\/560MWh battery storage facility. The project area is situated approximately 6 kilometres east of Port Pirie in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the 275 jobs created during the construction phase and 8 full time positions during its 30-year operation that will contribute to the local economy, a local community fund has been proposed; which will provide an annual financial contribution for the life of the project.<\/p>\n<h2>SA &#8211; Solar River Secures PPA<\/h2>\n<p>The developers of a 200MW PV project near Robertstown in South Australia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-river-project-mb0642\/\">Solar River<\/a>, have inked a\u00a0 power purchase agreement with Alinta Energy reported <a href=\"https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/alinta-signs-up-for-huge-solar-and-battery-project-in-south-australia-79253\/\">RenewEconomy<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<h2>SA &#8211; All Systems Go For Mobilong<\/h2>\n<p>Director of Terregra Renewables, Graham Pearson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6556145315039318016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> Mobilong Solar Farm was to commence full operations last week. The 5MW facility is located near Murray Bridge.<\/p>\n<h2>VIC &#8211; Numurkah Solar Farm Fully Operational<\/h2>\n<p>Neoen\u2019s 128 megawatt (MW) Numurkah Solar Farm, which is one of two PV plants supplying renewable energy to offset electricity used by Melbourne\u2019s tram network, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premier.vic.gov.au\/victorias-largest-solar-farm-up-and-running\/\">is now fully operational<\/a>. The facility is currently Victoria&#8217;s largest operational solar power station.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Numurkah Solar Farm will play an important role in supporting the transformation of our energy system towards clean, renewable energy and reaching our renewable energy target of 50 per cent by 2030,&#8221; said Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D\u2019Ambrosio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Great news Minister, but don&#8217;t forget about the escalating crisis in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vic-solar-industry-crisis-mb1138\/\">Victoria&#8217;s residential solar sector<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has been happening on the large-scale solar energy front in Australia in the past week &#8211; here&#8217;s a roundup of some of the notable events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":32164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32163","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 v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Big Week For Big Solar In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A lot has been happening on the large-scale solar energy front in Australia in the past week - here&#039;s a roundup of some of the notable events.\" \/>\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\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Big Week For Big Solar In Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A lot has been happening on the large-scale solar energy front in Australia in the past week - here&#039;s a roundup of some of the notable events.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-07-21T19:54:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T06:05:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-solar-australia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\\\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"A Big Week For Big Solar In Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-21T19:54:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-05T06:05:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":546,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/big-solar-roundup-mb1141\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/big-solar-australia.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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