Australia’s first Local Government Solar Farm Achieves Milestone

The first solar panel table was put into place today on the Sunshine Coast Solar farm at Valdora.

The energy from the large-scale solar farm being built in Queensland will provide all the electricity for Sunshine Coast Council infrastructure when it is completed mid-next year. It will be the country’s first large-scale solar farm managed by a local government.

Sunshine Coast Council mayor Mark Jamieson said the $50 million project will save ratepayers more than $22 million after cost over the next 30 years. The 15 megawatts energy that will be produced will be an offset for all of the council’s energy use within the Sunshine Coast Area.

57,000 panels will be installed across 24 hectares of a 49-hectare site and it will be Queensland’s biggest solar farm and the 5th largest in Australia.

Read the Solar Trust Centre story - “Australia’s first Local Government Solar Farm Achieves Milestone.”