Reasons for choosing solar.
Sunshine coast solar farm.
Council hopes to leverage the solar farm to develop a clean tech.
The award winning sunshine coast solar farm is the first of its kind in australia.
Sunshine coast solar farm.
At its peak the solar farm generates 15 000 kilowatts of electricity.
The 15 megawatt mw farm will provide the council up to 22 million in savings.
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The electricity generated over one year will be enough to power the equivalent of 5000 homes.
It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site.
The characteristics of the site are that it.
Officially opened in july 2017 the 15mw solar farm boasts 57 850 photo voltaic panels and is the.
With a capacity of around 400 mw the western downs green power hub is set to become australia s largest solar farm.
Council is australia s first local government to offset its entire electricity consumption from renewable energy generated at the 15mw sunshine coast solar farm benefit to the region.
It sits on 24 hectares of a 49 hectare site.
Sees council proactively take control of its electricity supply to combat rising electricity costs which were on average 14 higher in queensland last financial year.
Sunshine coast becomes first council to complete its own large scale solar farm and expects it to deliver 22 million in savings over life of plant.
View the daily power generated from the sunshine coast solar farm solar farm overview.
The sunshine coast solar farm is the second largest in queensland and the sixth largest australia wide.
The sunshine coast solar farm is located at 909 yandina coolum road valdora.
Is adjacent to energex s 33kv power line which is capable of receiving the solar farm s power output.
First solar farm in australia to operate at 1 500 volts dc to operate more efficiently.
The sunshine coast solar farm.
Benefits to the region.
The sunshine coast council in queensland australia is the country s first local government to offset 100 percent of its electricity consumption across all its facilities and operations through its solar farm.
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