The Bannerton Solar Park is a solar power station in Bannerton south-east of

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in the

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district of

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. It generates up to 88MW of electricity to the

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(NEM). Bannerton Solar Park was the second solar farm to be funded by the

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(after the Gannawarra Solar Farm). It was also funded by Hanwha Energy Australia, parent company of Nectr. It uses 320,000 solar panels to generate 110MW/88MW of electricity. It has offtake agreements with

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and

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. UGL designed and built the solar farm, including single axis tracking system, substation and connection to the Powercor Australia grid. It is built on land unsuitable for Almond orchards. 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.

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