Gannawarra Solar Farm is a

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solar power station in the Gannawarra Shire, west of

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in the Australian state of

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. It generates up to 60 MW electricity and exports up to 50.61 MW to the

National Electricity Market The National Electricity Market (NEM) is an arrangement in Australia's electricity sector for the connection of the electricity transmission grids of the eastern and southern Australia states and territories to create a cross-state wholesale ele ...

at 66 kV. Solar Choice was the originating developer of the Gannawarra Solar Farm securing the site and early-stage development approvals before the project was acquired by Edify Energy. It was first connected to the grid by

Powercor Australia Powercor Australia is an Australian electricity distribution company that operates throughout western Victoria, and the western suburbs of Melbourne. The company owns and maintains power lines, substations and street lights and also manages the ...

in April 2018. It is 94.9% owned b
WIRSOL
a brand of Wircon GmbH and 5.1% owned by the developer Edify Energy who is also the longterm asset manager of the project. It consists of JA Solar modules with ATI DuraTrack mounting system and SMA 2500 SC-EV

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s. It was financed in a single package with the Whitsunday Solar Farm and Hamilton Solar Farm, both in

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, which projects were also developed and are managed by Edify Energy. The engineering, procurement, and construction was provided by RCR Tomlinson. The Gannawarra Solar Farm is integrated with the Gannawarra Energy Storage System consisting of a 25 MW / 50 MW·h

Tesla Powerpack The Tesla Powerpack is a rechargeable lithium-ion battery stationary energy storage item, intended for use by businesses or on smaller projects from power utilities. The device was manufactured by Tesla Energy, the clean energy subsidiary of Te ...

battery (2 hours). This project was developed and is 50.01% owned by Edify Energy, who also manage this project. Edify started operating a 185 MW / 370 MW·h

battery energy storage system A battery energy storage system (BESS), battery storage power station, battery energy grid storage (BEGS) or battery grid storage is a type of energy storage technology that uses a group of batteries in the grid to store electrical energy Elec ...

(2 hours) at the same site in 2025.

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