Majura solar farm set to power more than 600 homes after four years of planning

Impact investment group head of
renewable infrastructure Lane Crockett.

Hundreds of Canberra homes are set to be powered by one of Australia's first sun-tracking solar farms which opened in Majura on Thursday.

The 2.3MW solar farm adjacent to the Mount Majura winery will generate 4,300 MW per hour within a year, which equals about 600 houses.

Four years since planning began, the 5000 panels at the $6.5 million farm are finally helping the ACT reach its 100 per cent renewable energy target.

The farm has one of the first self-powered and single axis tracking technology to be used in Australia, which increases output by up to 40 per cent.

Lane Crockett, head of renewable infrastructure from the Melbourne-based Impact Investment Group, which owns and operates the farm, said the project ran relatively smoothly.

Read Clare Sibthorpe’s story in The Canberra Times - “Majura solar farm set to power more than 600 homes after four years of planning.”