Bannerton Solar Park

Bannerton Solar Park
Bannerton Solar Park
Country	Australia
Location	Near Robinvale, Victoria
Coordinates	34.69°S 142.78°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	October 2017
Commission date	2018
Owner(s)	Foresight Solar Australia
Solar farm
Type	Flat-panel PV
Collectors	319,406
Solar tracker	Single-axis;
Site area	192 hectares (470 acres)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	88 MW
External links
Website	www.bannertonsolarfarm.com.au

The Bannerton Solar Park is a solar power station in the locality of Bannerton southeast of Robinvale in the Sunraysia district of Victoria. It generates up to 88MW of electricity to the National Electricity Market (NEM).

Bannerton Solar Park is the second solar farm to be funded by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (after the Gannawarra Solar Farm). It uses 320,000 solar panels to generate 110MW_DC/88MW_AC of electricity. It has offtake agreements with Alinta Energy and Yarra Trams.[1]

CIMIC Group company UGL Limited designed and built the solar farm, including single axis tracking system, substation and connection to the Powercor Australia grid.[2] It is built on land unsuitable for Almond orchards.[3]

Bannerton is near the edge of the Victorian electricity grid. The Solar Farm exports electricity at 66kV into the distribution network to support the local grid in responding to the load imposed from irrigation in summer.[4]

References

"Sunraysia Bannerton Solar Park demonstrates solar benefits for Victoria". Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
"Bannerton Solar Farm". CIMIC Group. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
"Let there be light! New solar power station to be built at Bannerton". Mildura Weekly. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
Peter Lord (23 April 2018). "Bannerton Solar Park: Application for Electricity Generation Licence" (PDF). Foresight Group. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2018 – via Essential Services Commission.

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[CEFC-1] "Sunraysia Bannerton Solar Park demonstrates solar benefits for Victoria". Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[2] "Bannerton Solar Farm". CIMIC Group. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[3] "Let there be light! New solar power station to be built at Bannerton". Mildura Weekly. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[4] Peter Lord (23 April 2018). "Bannerton Solar Park: Application for Electricity Generation Licence" (PDF). Foresight Group. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2018 – via Essential Services Commission.