Sun Metals Solar Farm Ppa

Sun metals is investing 200m to build the biggest behind the meter solar farm in australia says chief executive yun choi.

Sun metals solar farm ppa.

A 125mw solar farm built to lower costs and underpin the expansion of korean zinc refiner sun metals in north queensland has been officially opened at its site south of townsville. The solar farm will be connected to sun metals existing 33 132kv substation via a 33kv overhead transmission line and supply power to the sun metals zinc refinery. The korean owned zinc refiner sun metals has also taken the plunge with construction starting last month on a 125 mw solar farm at its refinery near townsville. This behind the meter where an electricity generator is located on or near the same site as the off taker ppa made possible due to sun metal s location will provide around one third of the refinery s electricity needs.

Rather than opt for a corporate ppa. Queensland premier annastacia palaszczuk officially opened the sun metals solar farm on tuesday a huge facility incorporating more than 1 3 million solar panels. The sun metals solar farm is a photovoltaic solar power station near townsville in the australian state of queensland it supplies some of the electricity consumed by the nearby sun metals a subsidiary of korea zinc zinc refinery as well as exporting to the national electricity market when the sun metals solar farm started exporting electricity to the grid in may 2018 it took over from clare. Sun metals invests in solar.

Rcr tomlinson says the project will commence immediately with onsite construction slated to begin in april 2017 and completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2018. Sun metals solar project will supply 30 per cent the refinery s power. Sun metals entered into a 116mw ppa with first solar farm for the sun metals solar farm in qld. The 124mwac solar power station will supply equivalent to around one third of the electricity needed by the sun metals zinc refinery which is located approximately 15 kilometres.