Sun Metals Solar Farm Ppa

The sun metals solar farm is a landmark case with the korean owned company as the first major energy user to source some of its electricity needs from.

Sun metals solar farm 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. Sun metals invests in solar. 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. The sun metals solar farm is a landmark case with the korean owned company as the first major energy user to source some of its electricity needs from renewables and develop its own project rather than opt for a corporate 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. Rather than opt for a corporate ppa. Sun metals solar project will supply 30 per cent the refinery s power. 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.

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