The Hughenden Solar Farm is a solar farm at Hughenden in North West Queensland, Australia. The power station was constructed by BayWa, beginning in 2017. [1] Construction was completed in 2018. [1] Lighthouse Infrastructure bought the solar farm from Baywa who continue to operate and manage the plant. [2]
The power station can generate 20.16 megawatts. [2]
CS Energy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Hughenden Solar Farm. [3]
Hughenden is a rural town and locality in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Hughenden had a population of 1,136 people.
Windy Hill Wind Farm is a wind power station near Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. It has 20 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity, providing enough power for about 3,500 homes. The cost of the project was A$20 million. It was the second wind farm to be constructed in Queensland after the 0.45Mw station on Thursday Island (1997).
The Shire of Flinders is a local government area in north-western Queensland, Australia.
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The Kogan Creek Power Station is a 750 megawatt coal fired power station owned by CS Energy on the Darling Downs in Queensland. The $1.2 billion plant is situated at Brigalow, in the Surat Basin between Dalby and Chinchilla.
Kidston Dam also known as Copperfield Dam is a dam in Lyndhurst, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Hughenden and was built for the Kidston Gold Mine. The mine closed July 2001. The lake created by the dam has a capacity of 20,600 megalitres.
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Karadoc Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Mildura near the town of Iraak in the Australian state of Victoria. It can generate up to 112MW of electricity, and was designed by BayWa r.e. Solar. It was officially opened in March 2019.
Shell Energy Australia provides gas, electricity, environmental products and energy productivity services to commercial and industrial customers.
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The Clare Solar Farm is a solar farm located 35 kilometres south-west of Ayr at Clare in North Queensland, Australia. The 125 megawatt DC power station is owned by Lighthouse Solar. Construction commenced in 2016 and was complete by May 2018. It features 393,300 single-axis tracking panels spread over 300 hectares. The solar panels were supplied by Trina Solar.
The Lakeland Solar Project is a solar farm at Lakeland in Far North Queensland, Australia. The 23 hectare site is positioned off the Mulligan Highway. The project combines big battery storage with big solar. It consists of 41,440 solar panels. Construction began in October 2016.
The Longreach Solar Farm is a solar farm located ten kilometres east of Longreach in Central West Queensland, Australia. It has a generating capacity of 17.5 megawatts. The solar farm uses 53,000 single-axis tracking solar panels across a 50 hectare site. It was owned and operated by Canadian Solar Australia and Foresight. Foresight Solar Fund acquired the plant in 2022.
The Whitsunday Solar Farm is a solar farm located at Collinsville in North Queensland, Australia. It has a generating capacity of 57.5 megawatts. Operations commenced in 2018. The power station is jointly owned by Edify Energy and Wirsol. It is co-located at the same site as the Hamilton Solar Farm and the Daydream Solar Farm.
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