Darlington Point Solar Farm

Darlington Point Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station, located 10 km south of the town of Darlington Point in New South Wales, Australia, that was launched in 2020. It received planning approval and development consent on 7 December 2018, and has a power purchase agreement for supply of 150MW to Delta Energy. The total output is 333MW DC or 275MW AC. It was commissioned in 2020 and is the largest single solar power station in Australia.[1] The project is owned by Octopus Investments.[2] The contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) is let to a consortium of Signal Energy and Canadian Solar. Canadian Solar also has the operations and maintenance services contract.[3]

Darlington Point Solar Farm
Map
Country
  • Australia
Location
Coordinates34°38′42″S 146°02′24″E / 34.645°S 146.04°E / -34.645; 146.04
StatusOperational
Construction began
  • 2019
Commission date
  • 2020
Construction cost
  • 450 million A$
Operator(s)
Solar farm
Type
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 275 MW
External links
Websiteoctopusinvestments.com.au/our-projects/darlington-point-solar-farm/

References edit

  1. ^ "Darlington Point Solar Farm, New South Wales". NS Energy. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Australia's largest solar farm registered in troubled part of the grid". pv magazine Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Darlington Point Solar Farm". Retrieved 23 July 2019.