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Gunnedah solar farm registered in NSW, begins sending power to the grid

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The 110MW Gunnedah solar farm in New South Wales has become the latest to join the grid, after securing its registration late last month.

The first injections of electricity from the facility west of Tamworth can be seen in the graph below. The facility  was built by PCL for Canadian Solar, using the solar manufacturer’s bifacial panels and single axis trackers.

There are already 22 solar farms operating in NSW, with another 10 under construction. Dozens more are jostling to compete in a series of state-run auctions for the four new renewable energy zones that will be built to ensure enough capacity and storage is built to replace the state’s ageing coal generators.

It will likely be up to six months before the Gunnedah solar farm works through various “hold points” and is allowed to reach full production.

 

 

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

Giles Parkinson

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

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