Gannawarra Solar Farm is a

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solar power station in the Gannawarra Shire, west of

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in the Australian state of

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. It generates up to 60 MW electricity and exports up to 50.61 MW to the

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at 66 kV. Solar Choice was the originating developer of the Gannawarra Solar Farm securing the site and early-stage development approvals before the project was acquired by Edify Energy. It was first connected to the grid by Powercor Australia in April 2018. It is 94.9% owned b
WIRSOL
a brand of Wircon GmbH and 5.1% owned by the developer Edify Energy who is also the longterm asset manager of the project. It consists of JA Solar modules with ATI DuraTrack mounting system and SMA 2500 SC-EV

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s. It was financed in a single package with the Whitsunday Solar Farm and Hamilton Solar Farm, both in

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, which projects were also developed and are managed by Edify Energy. The

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was provided by

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. The Gannawarra Solar Farm is integrated with the Gannawarra Energy Storage System consisting of a 25 MW / 50 MW·h

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battery. This project was developed and is 50.01% owned by Edify Energy, who also manage this project.

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