Merredin Solar Farm scores repeat in PV performance rankings
Indonesian PV designer SUN Energy’s 100 MW Merredin Solar Farm in Western Australia has actually topped worldwide consultancy company Rystad Energy’s list of Australia’s finest carrying out massive solar properties for the 2nd successive year.
The 100 MW Merredin Solar Farm in Western Australia’s main Wheatbelt area has actually once again been crowned the nation’s finest carrying out energy scale PV center with Rystad Energy senior expert David Dixon noting it provided a typical capability aspect (AIR CONDITIONER CF) of 30.0% for the 2022 fiscal year.
The Merredin Solar Farm, gotten by Singapore-headquartered Surya Utama Nuansa (SUN) Energy from initial designer Risen Energy in October 2021, was likewise ranked the country’s leading carrying out massive PV possession in 2021.
The center has the capability to produce 274 GWh of tidy energy per year and has actually been exporting at complete capability to the South West Interconnected System because August 2020.
While the Merredin Solar Farm topped the rankings, Adani Australia’s 65 MW Rugby Run Solar Farm was 2nd for the 2nd year in a row. Dixon stated the center, near Moranbah in main Queensland, returned an air conditioner CF of 28.5% for the fiscal year.
Bright Energy Investments’ 40 MW Greenough River Solar Farm near Geraldton in WA’s Midwest put 3rd in the massive solar stakes with an air conditioner CF of 28.0% while Genex’s 50 KW Kidston Solar Farm in north Queensland was 4th. Melbourne-based renewables designer Pacific Hydro Australia’s 100 MW Haughton phase 1 Solar Farm in north Queensland completed the leading 5.
The efficiencies of the solar farms became part of a record-breaking year for energy PV and wind generation in Australia.
Dixon stated massive solar PV and wind generation amounted to 41,254 GWh in 2022 with energy PV contributing 11,774 GWh and wind 29,480 GWh. That corresponded to a 16% increase on the previous year (35,564 GWh).
At a state level, Victoria was the biggest generator of energy PV and wind generation in 2022 (11,248 GWh), followed by New South Wales (11,112 GWh) and South Australia in 3rd (7,260 GWh).
Dixon stated Queensland was a significant absentee from the leading 3, offered the state target of 80% renewables generation by 2035, up from less than 23% in 2022.
On The Other Hand, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has actually released its most current connections information, revealing 23 jobs amounting to 2.9 GW of brand-new capability were linked in the National Electrical Power Market (NEM) in 2022. This was up 137 MW from the 30 jobs linked in 2021.
Victoria linked the most brand-new capability in 2022 with 991 MW made up totally of wind farms without any brand-new solar. Queensland followed with 866 MW, comprised primarily of massive solar, consisting of Neoen’s 400 MW Western Downs Solar Farm.
Solar likewise controlled the 619 MW of brand-new capability linked in New South Wales while in Tasmania there were no brand-new connections in 2022.
South Australia invited 447 MW of brand-new capability, consisting of the Port Augusta Renewable Resource Park, which made up 201 MW of wind and 99 MW of solar linked to the grid.
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