{"id":55372,"date":"2021-10-29T06:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=55372"},"modified":"2021-10-29T06:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:06:01","slug":"western-downs-solar-mb2213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/western-downs-solar-mb2213\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge QLD Solar + Battery Storage Project Progresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Western Downs Green Power Hub is another step closer to prime time, with grid connection now completed by Powerlink.<\/p>\n

Situated 22km south-east of Chinchilla<\/a> in Queensland’s Western Downs region, the Neoen project is a 460MW(ac)\/400MW(dc) solar power station that will generate an estimated 1,080 GWh of clean electricity per year – avoiding 864,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions annually.<\/p>\n

Queensland’s largest solar farm, the facility will crank enough electricity to supply the power needs of equivalent to more than 230,000 QLD households.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure what brand of solar panels are being used for the project, but the inverter stations are from SMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The project has been backed by Queensland government-owned CleanCo, which has dibs on 320MWac of the power station’s output. CleanCo has a mandate to bring 1,400MW of new renewable energy capacity online by 2025, boosted from its original target of 1,000MW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 320MW of solar energy we\u2019ve secured from this project joins CleanCo\u2019s unique portfolio of wind, hydro and gas generation and enables us to offer reliable, low emissions energy at a competitive price for our customers,\u201d said<\/a> CleanCo chair Jacqui Walters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Western Downs Green Power Hub<\/a> is situated less than 6 kilometres from Powerlink\u2019s Western Downs substation. Back in June, Powerlink completed stringing the high voltage transmission line connecting the solar farm to the electricity grid. Here’s how that was done:<\/p>\n