{"id":48733,"date":"2021-03-25T04:57:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=48733"},"modified":"2021-03-25T04:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:27:15","slug":"mpower-solar-farms-mb1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\/","title":{"rendered":"More Small Utility Scale Solar Farm Success For MPower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kadina-solar-mpower.jpg\" alt=\"Kadina solar farm - MPower\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kadina-solar-mpower.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kadina-solar-mpower-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kadina-solar-mpower-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kadina-solar-mpower-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the last week, Sydney-headquartered MPower has connected two 5MW solar farms in South Australia to the grid.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last Tuesday the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpower.com.au\/post\/grid-connection-achieved-at-south-hummocks-solar-farm\">company announced<\/a> it had <span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">connected a 5MWac solar project at South Hummocks in South Australia&#8217;s Mid North region. Commissioning of the facility began last month and MPower expects it will be able to export power at full capacity in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Then yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpower.com.au\/post\/grid-connection-achieved-at-kadina-solar-farm\">MPower said<\/a> it had connected another 5MWac solar project at Kadina on South Australia&#8217;s Yorke Peninsula, making it the fifth 5MW solar project MPower has grid-connected. It is also expected to be ready to start exporting at full capacity in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Both these projects are the result of a deal inked with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/astronergy-solar-panels\/\">Astronergy<\/a> Australia last year, worth a combined value of approximately $9 million.<\/p>\n<p>MPower&#8217;s other completed 5MW solar energy projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mannum Solar Farm Project, SA &#8211; owned by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/canadian-solar-inc-review.html\">Canadian Solar<\/a> subsidiary<\/li>\n<li>Pirie Solar Farm, SA &#8211; owned by Renew Power Group<\/li>\n<li>Solar For Samoa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More 5MW Solar Farm Projects On The Way<\/h2>\n<p>In February last year, MPower shed its solar and battery products business to focus on high-reliability (and higher margin) renewable and conventional power projects.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMPower is actively building a pipeline of 5MW solar project sites and currently has exclusivity over six sites,&#8221; said MPower CEO Nathan Wise. &#8220;We are looking to create an initial portfolio of up to 20 renewable energy assets with an aggregate capacity of 100MWac and an estimated value of more than $150 million once fully constructed.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Among those six sites are three in Victoria that were announced earlier this month &#8211; and MPower says it expects to announce exclusivity on more sites &#8220;very soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So, why the 5MW focus? The company is pursuing sites capable of hosting up to this capacity due to advantages including the comparative ease of grid connection compared to larger solar farms. Small solar farms face far less red tape and potential delays &#8211; both of which can add substantially to the cost of a project.<\/p>\n<p>On a related note, Green Gold Energy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/risen-review.html\">Risen Energy<\/a> Australia inked an agreement earlier this month to jointly develop and construct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risenenergy.com.au\/news\/gge-and-rea-signs-100mw-solar-project\/\">16 solar power projects<\/a> of approximately 4.95MWac each in Australia within the next two years. Risen Energy Australia says once complete, the systems will collectively generate at least 180 GWh of clean electricity annually<\/p>\n<p>The project sites are primarily located in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. In South Australia, an electricity generation licence for a generator less than 5MW is $570 annually. 5MW and up to 30MW, it&#8217;s $6,650. Over the 25 &#8211; 30 year working life of a solar farm (or even longer in some cases) these fees really add up; so coming in just under 5MW can save a significant amount of cash.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear if MPower&#8217;s SA projects were spot- on 5MW or just a tad under to take advantage of the lower licence fees and fewer regulatory hurdles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last week, Sydney-headquartered MPower has connected two 5MW solar farms in South Australia to the grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":48734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48733","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>More Small Utility Scale Solar Farm Success For MPower<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the last week, Sydney-headquartered MPower has connected two 5MW solar farms in South Australia to the grid.\" \/>\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\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Small Utility Scale Solar Farm Success For MPower\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the last week, Sydney-headquartered MPower has connected two 5MW solar farms in South Australia to the grid.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-03-24T18:27:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kadina-solar-mpower.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\\\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"More Small Utility Scale Solar Farm Success For MPower\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T18:27:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":498,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/mpower-solar-farms-mb1929\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/kadina-solar-mpower.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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