{"id":34125,"date":"2019-10-11T05:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=34125"},"modified":"2019-10-11T05:20:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T18:50:20","slug":"solar-farms-open-day-mb1248","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-farms-open-day-mb1248\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out A Solar Farm In October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34126\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34126\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-farm-open-day.jpg\" alt=\"Solar farms open day\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-farm-open-day.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-farm-open-day-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-farm-open-day-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solar-farm-open-day-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Edify Energy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve always wanted to take a look around a solar farm, towards the end of October may offer you an opportunity to do so.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Clean Energy Open Day on Sunday 27 October will see public accessed permitted to 16 wind and solar farms across Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Both wind and solar farms run using fascinating and sophisticated technology, and Clean Energy Open Day is a great opportunity to learn more about clean energy from the knowledgeable staff at wind and solar farms, meeting other people in the local community or just having a fun day out with the family,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleanenergycouncil.org.au\/news\/clean-energy-industry-to-throw-open-the-gates-for-visitors-at-the-end-of-october\">said<\/a> Clean Energy Council Chief Executive Kane Thornton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The areas where PV facilities will be open:<\/p>\n<h2>Broken Hill (NSW)<\/h2>\n<p>Situated around 5 km southwest of the Broken Hill township, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agl.com.au\/about-agl\/how-we-source-energy\/broken-hill-solar-plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Broken Hill Solar Plant<\/a> is a 53MW facility producing enough electricity to meet the equivalent energy requirements of approximately 22,000 average households.<\/p>\n<h2>Dubbo (NSW)<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dubbosolarhub.com.au\/\"> Dubbo Solar Hub<\/a> is a 29MW PV facility comprising approximately 90,000 solar panels installed on 55 hectares at a site to the east of Dubbo (56,160 panels), and on 30 hectares to the north of Narromine. The Dubbo component of the project is the facility that will be open.<\/p>\n<h2>Gullen Range\u00a0 (NSW)<\/h2>\n<p>30 km north west of Goulburn, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gullensolarfarm.com\/\"> Gullen Solar Farm<\/a> project is a 10MW solar farm that was co-located with the 165.5MW <a href=\"https:\/\/gullenrangewindfarm.com\/\">Gullen Range Wind Farm<\/a>.\u00a0 The 42,000 solar panels that make up Gullen first generated electricity in 2017.<\/p>\n<h2>Swan Hill (VIC)<\/h2>\n<p>The 19MW <a href=\"http:\/\/swanhillsolarfarm.com.au\/\"> Swan Hill project<\/a> in Victoria&#8217;s north-west was officially opened last year. Its 50,000 panels were expected to generate 37,700 MWh of clean electricity in the first year.<\/p>\n<h2>Childers (QLD)<\/h2>\n<p>60km south of Bundaberg\u2019s CBD and 15km south-east from the township of Childers, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottgreenpower.com.au\/#solar\">Childers Solar Farm<\/a> is a <span class=\"st\">75MW facility. NOTE: While the release linked to above lists this as an event, elsewhere on the CEC web site indicates it is not going ahead due to recent nearby bushfire activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"st\">Collinsville (QLD)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edifyenergy.com\/projects\/daydream-solar-farm\/\">Daydream<\/a> (180 MW), <a href=\"http:\/\/edifyenergy.com\/projects\/hayman-solar-farm\/\">Hayman<\/a> (60MW), <a href=\"http:\/\/edifyenergy.com\/projects\/hamilton\/\">Hamilton<\/a> (69MW &#8211; pictured above) and <a href=\"http:\/\/edifyenergy.com\/projects\/whitsunday\/\">Whitsunday<\/a> (69MW) solar farms are all located a few kilometres north of Collinsville in North Queensland.<\/p>\n<h2>Oakey (QLD)<\/h2>\n<p>An 80MW solar PV project approximately 6.5km from the township of <a href=\"https:\/\/oakeysolarfarm.com.au\/\">Oakey<\/a> (which is west of Toowoomba).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to gazing at solar panels and other equipment, some sites will be offering sausage sizzles, stuff for the kids to do and other activities.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there aren&#8217;t any solar farms participating in other states, but you can take a look at wind farms in Tasmania and South Australia (VIC and NSW too).<\/p>\n<p>Bookings are essential for some of the sites, and there&#8217;s a waiting list for a couple of events &#8211; 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