Emu Downs Solar Farm is a solar farm adjacent to
Emu Downs Wind Farm
The Emu Downs Wind Farm () is a 79.2 MW wind farm in Western Australia. It was a 50:50 joint development between Griffin Energy and Stanwell Corporation. The site is approximately 200 kilometres north of Perth, near Cervantes. Construction of ...
in
Western Australia, Australia. It was developed and is owned by
APA Group APA Group may refer to:
* APA Group (Australia), natural gas pipeline and electricity company
* APA Group (Japan), a hotel group
See also
* APA (disambiguation)
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. At the time of its completion in 2018, it was the largest solar farm in Western Australia.
When APA group bought Emu Downs Wind Farm in June 2011, it realised that there is usually a drop in output in the middle of the day as the wind changes from easterly in the morning to the westerly
Fremantle Doctor in the afternoon. To balance that and achieve better utilisation of transmission infrastructure, APA installed a 20MW solar farm on an adjacent site. The solar farm's peak output is during the time when the wind farm is not at full capacity, so no additional capacity was needed in the substation or grid connection point. The solar farm has 75,000 photovoltaic solar panels on a 70-hectare site east of the wind farm. It cost (including a federal government grant of ) and began operation in December 2017. The output of both the solar and wind farms is contracted to
Synergy
Synergy is an interaction or cooperation giving rise to a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. The term ''synergy'' comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία ' from ', , meaning "working together".
History
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until 2030.
References
External links
Emu Downs Solar Farm project information
{{Solar power stations in Australia
Solar power stations in Western Australia