ALDOGA SOLAR FARM

The Aldoga Solar Farm, a proposed 265MW_AC solar photovoltaic (PV) facility, is to be located approximately 20 km north-west of Gladstone on the central Queensland coast.

The Aldoga Solar Farm, a proposed 265MW_AC solar photovoltaic (PV) facility, is to be located approximately 20 km north-west of Gladstone on the central Queensland coast.

The Aldoga site will be EDQ’s flagship renewable energy project and is part of the Queensland Government’s Advancing our cities and regions strategy, which aims to renew and repurpose underutilised state land to generate jobs and drive economic growth. The substantial scale of this project will also contribute significantly to the Queensland Government’s target of achieving 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030. ACCIONA has signed an agreement to lease the land from Economic Development Queensland for the purposes of constructing and operating the Aldoga Solar Farm for a period of 30 years.

Future development of the site would include solar PV modules, module mounting/tracking systems, inverters, step-up transformer and on-site substation, access tracks, construction compound (temporary), underground cabling and permanent monitoring equipment (e.g. met stations).

A 3-4km overhead electrical transmission line will extend from the site’s substation to the nearby Powerlink 275kV Larcom Creek Terminal Station. The transmission line is likely to be contained within an existing Powerlink easement from the solar farm to the Terminal Station.

The A$500M project will generate significant economic activity in the Gladstone Shire and surrounds.

During this feasibility stage, ACCIONA will seek planning approval for the Aldoga Solar Farm under the GSDA Development Scheme, in addition to a range of environmental approvals under both Federal and Queensland legislation. In parallel, the design of the Aldoga Solar Farm will evolve as further information on the characteristics of the site are understood.