The Barcaldine Solar Farm is a
solar farm
A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant, is a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system) designed for the supply of merchant power. They are different from most building ...
located five kilometres east of the town of
Barcaldine in
Central Queensland
Central Queensland is an imprecisely-defined geographical division of Queensland ( a state in Australia) that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Cap ...
, Australia. The power station is owned by
Elecnor and is situated on a 90 hectare site. It will use single-axis tracking technology.
The power station can generate 20 megawatts AC.
It consists of 78,000 panels.
Power was supplied to the grid in December 2016.
It was Queensland's first large scale solar farm.
See also
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List of solar farms in Queensland
This is a list of solar farms in Queensland. There has been significant growth in this area recently, with an estimated 17298 MW of solar capacity either operational, planned or under construction.
Table
Summary of capacity
References
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References
Barcaldine, Queensland
Solar power stations in Queensland
2016 establishments in Australia
Energy infrastructure completed in 2016
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