Gunnedah Solar PV Park is a 146MW solar PV power project. It is located in New South Wales, Australia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2021.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 146 | 146 | – | Active | New South Wales, Australia | Canadian Solar; Gunnedah Solar Farm; Photon Energy Australia |
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Description
The project was developed by Canadian Solar, Gunnedah Solar Farm and Photon Energy Australia. The project is currently owned by Canadian Solar.
Gunnedah Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 304 hectares.
The project generates 293.04GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 49,000 households, offsetting 236,302t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $141m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in 2021.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Amazon Web Services under a power purchase agreement from 2021. The contracted capacity is 60MW.
Contractors Involved
PCL Constructors was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company installed 460,000 modules at the site.
About Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar Inc (Canadian Solar) is a provider of solar energy solutions. The company designs, develops and manufactures solar ingots, wafers, modules, cells, and other solar power products. Its broad range of solar modules find application in residential, commercial and industrial solar power generation systems; and specialty solar products include customized solar modules that customers incorporate into their own products such as portable solar home systems. Canadian Solar serves distributors, project developers, system integrators and installers and EPC companies across Asia, America, Europe and other regions. It has manufacturing facilities in China, Taiwan, Canada, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, and offices across the world. Canadian Solar is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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