Client: Conergy
Status: Complete
Value: Circa $42.5m
Background
Our team members were engaged to lead the design and construction of the solar and storage power plant, located approximately three hours north-west of Cairns in Far North Queensland. As the southern hemisphere’s first integrated solar, storage and fringe-of-grid project of this scale, it is designed to consistently feed renewable energy into the grid.
The project demonstrates the capability for large-scale solar combined with a smart controller and storage to improve power quality and supply.
Results
The project team delivered a 13 MW, 5.34 MWh of lithium-ion battery storage, and a smart system controller that when combined, creates a consistent power supply, even during times of cloud cover.
The project produces enough electricity to power up to 3,000 homes, and is connected to Ergon Energy’s existing substation – one of the most remote National Electricity Market (NEM) connected substations in Australia.
