Sun Metals Solar Farm Ppa

Sun metals solar project will supply 30 per cent the refinery s power.

Sun metals solar farm ppa.

The sun metals solar farm is a photovoltaic solar power station near townsville in the australian state of queensland it supplies some of the electricity consumed by the nearby sun metals a subsidiary of korea zinc zinc refinery as well as exporting to the national electricity market when the sun metals solar farm started exporting electricity to the grid in may 2018 it took over from clare. The sun metals solar farm is a landmark case with the korean owned company as the first major energy user to source some of its electricity needs from. This behind the meter where an electricity generator is located on or near the same site as the off taker ppa made possible due to sun metal s location will provide around one third of the refinery s electricity needs. Sun metals is investing 200m to build the biggest behind the meter solar farm in australia says chief executive yun choi.

Sun metals has already built a dedicated 125mw solar farm near its zinc refinery in townsville which will deliver as much as 30 per cent of the plant s energy needs and significantly cut. Rcr tomlinson says the project will commence immediately with onsite construction slated to begin in april 2017 and completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2018. The solar farm will be connected to sun metals existing 33 132kv substation via a 33kv overhead transmission line and supply power to the sun metals zinc refinery. The 124mwac solar power station will supply equivalent to around one third of the electricity needed by the sun metals zinc refinery which is located approximately 15 kilometres.

The korean owned zinc refiner sun metals has also taken the plunge with construction starting last month on a 125 mw solar farm at its refinery near townsville. The sun metals solar farm is a landmark case with the korean owned company as the first major energy user to source some of its electricity needs from renewables and develop its own project rather than opt for a corporate ppa. Sun metals entered into a 116mw ppa with first solar farm for the sun metals solar farm in qld. Sun metals invests in solar.