Sun Metals Solar Farm

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.

Sun metals solar farm.

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. Sun metals solar farm. The 100mw clare solar farm also in north queensland has begun commissioning as this graph courtesy of the climate and energy. The sun metals solar farm is not the only one to be near completion.

Started exporting to the grid in may 2018. We produce a special high grade zinc which meets stringent quality standards required under our registration with the london metal exchange. Sun metals is investing 200m to build the biggest behind the meter solar farm in australia says chief executive yun choi. Started commercial operations in august 2018.

Our zinc refinery built in 1996 is located 15km south of the city of townsville in north queensland australia. Sun metals is a subsidiary of korea zinc they ve already spent around 1b on the townsville zinc refinery and according to the courier mail the 116mw the sun metals solar farm provides will account for around 1 3 of their energy needs so there s plenty of room to expand. Sun metals corporation pty ltd is an australian subsidiary of korea zinc company limited. Queensland premier annastacia palaszczuk officially opened the sun metals solar farm on tuesday a huge facility incorporating more than 1 3 million solar panels.

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

180 mw dc capacity.