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It’s taken a while, but large-scale solar is really ramping up across the ditch, with a bunch of big PV projects in the pipeline for New Zealand – and at least one major battery project.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Meridian Energy announced a big battery and solar farm are planned for a site adjacent to the Marsden Point oil refinery north of Auckland. Meridian didn’t mention the capacity of the solar farm, but says it will generate enough electricity to supply the equivalent of 15,000 households. The battery energy storage system (BESS) will be at least 100MW capacity.<\/p>\n
It’s expected the battery system will be up and running by the middle of 2023, with solar farm construction to follow.<\/p>\n
\u201cAotearoa is moving to a fully renewable electricity system, which means generation will be made up of more intermittent sources like wind and solar,” said<\/a> Meridian Head of Renewable Development Rebecca Knott. “During periods of peak demand when there is little sun or wind, we will need stored energy that can be dispatched quickly.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Meridian estimates 4-5 batteries of this scale will need to be strategically placed around New Zealand by 2030.<\/p>\n
150 MW Solar Farm For Christchurch Airport<\/h2>\n
Meridian’s news follows an announcement early this month from Christchurch Airport regarding a 150MW solar farm project as part of K\u014dwhai Park<\/a>, which has been kickstarted with $100 million in funding from Australia’s Solar Bay.<\/p>\n
“All going to plan, we envisage K\u014dwhai Park could be generating zero emission energy from 2025 and will continue to grow over the next 30 years.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Genesis\/FRV 500MW Solar Rollout<\/h2>\n
In November, NZ Government majority-owned Genesis Energy announced it will be working with FRV Australia to deliver 500MW of solar power capacity across the country over the next five years that will generate approximately 750 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity per annum.<\/p>\n
Genesis will hold a 60% stake in the joint venture, adding to its generation portfolio of hydro, wind, geothermal and fossil fuel assets. The\u00a0 latter is Huntly Power Station, which at 953 MW is the largest electricity generation facility in New Zealand by capacity. Huntly is comprised of a 403MW gas unit, two 250MW coal\/gas units with an additional 250MW in storage, and a 50.8MW gas unit.<\/p>\n
Genesis Energy’s Future-gen<\/a> programme seeks to displace 2,650GWh of baseload thermal generation with new renewable energy by 2030.<\/p>\n
Among other large-scale projects in the pipeline for New Zealand is a 10MW solar farm at\u00a0 Hawke\u2019s Bay Airport<\/a>. Assuming that proceeds, construction is expected to start late next year; with operations commencing in 2023.<\/p>\n
Solar Power In New Zealand<\/h2>\n
While only a hop, step and a (rather large) jump from Australia, the situation with solar power in New Zealand is very different to here, with solar still a bit player on the Kiwi renewables scene.<\/p>\n
In terms of small-scale solar uptake, one of the barriers is cost. A 6kW solar power system costs upwards of NZD $13,000 currently, which is around AUD $12,300. A 6.6kW solar power system<\/a> installed in Australia costs<\/a> $5,000 \u2013 $9,000; depending on installation scenario and components used.<\/p>\n
Large-scale solar is currently very thin on the ground in NZ. As far as I’m aware, the largest operational PV facility in the country is a 2.1MW installation<\/a> in Kapuni in South Taranaki that began operations in May this year. Next in line is Watercare NZ\u2019s 1MW floating solar plant<\/a> in Rosedale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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