Emu Downs Solar Farm is a 20MW solar PV power project. It is located in Western Australia, Australia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in January 2018.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 20 | 20 | – | Active | Western Australia, Australia | APA Group |
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Description
The project is developed and owned by APA Group.
Emu Downs Solar Farm is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 70 hectares.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 6,700 households. The project cost is $38.687m.
The project consists of 75,000 modules.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in January 2018.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Synergy under a power purchase agreement for a period of 12 years from 2018. The contracted capacity is 20MW.
Contractors Involved
UGL was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
The project is utilising trackers supplied by NEXTracker.
UGL is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
About APA Group
APA Group (APA) is a natural gas infrastructure company. It carries out natural gas transmission and distribution business with interests in energy infrastructure, energy investments and asset management. The company owns and operates various energy assets such as Emu Downs Wind Farm, East Cost Grid, Diamantina Power Station, Kogan North and Tipton West Processing plants, Nifty and Telfer Gas Pipelines, North Brown Hill Wind Farm and Daandine and X41 power stations. It also provides operations and maintenance services, and owns several projects, including warragul looping project, western slopes pipeline and orbost gas plant upgrade. The company primarily operates in Australia. APA is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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