Equis Wandoan Solar Farm

Located in the heart of the surat basin near wandoan in queensland the 1 000mwac solar farm will be one of the largest solar projects in australia once completed.

Equis wandoan solar farm.

As for the energy storage component sunshine energy s website refers to a patented solution called sea power seap. Singaporean renewable energy company equis energy have advised they are planning on building a 1 000mw solar farm which would be the largest solar farm in australia in wandoan. The wandoan solar farm will include 3 million solar pv panels and is expected to produce 1 8 million megawatts of electricity a year. Once the battery is built vena energy plans to begin work on the solar farm at the same.

Equis to develop 1 000mw solar. Singapore based equis energy is set to build australia s largest solar farm an 1000 megawatt solar farm near wandoan north west of brisbane as the roll out of renewable projects continues at pace. The 1000 megawatts wandoan south solar project will be connected to powerlink s wandoan south substation. Equis energy secures approval for 1 gw australian solar farm the massive utility scale pv plant will be built by the singapore based developer in queensland western downs near wandoan.

The wandoan solar farm will be situated right in the middle of queensland s coal and gas region in queensland s area of the surat basin this is exciting news for queensland solar and australian solar farms in. The solar farm will insulate the regional electricity market from fluctuations in fuel prices by increasing the diversity of the energy system. This project dwarfs any other pv plant currently under construction in australia such as innogy s 349 mwp limondale solar farm and maoneng s the 255 mwp sunraysia solar farm in new south wales total eren s 256 5 mwp kiamal solar farm in victoria. The 1000 megawatt equis energy solar farm will cover 1424 hectares and generate between 300 and 400 jobs during construction on the land about 12km southwest of wandoan.

A report from reneweconomy stated that equis would spend around 1 5 billion for the project which will be built in stages.