US photo voltaic tracker provider Array Applied sciences plans to construct a manufacturing unit in Australia, after successful a contract to provide trackers for a 102 MW photo voltaic farm within the Australian state of Victoria.
From pv journal Australia
Array Applied sciences says it’ll construct a producing facility in Australia, after being tapped to provide domestically manufactured trackers on the 102 MW Glenrowan photo voltaic farm.
The huge PV venture is being developed by Pacific Partnerships, a subsidiary of Sydney-based building firm Cimic Group. The corporate says its Australian manufacturing unit will initially provide the ground-mounted tracker system for the Glenrowan array, however will finally provide trackers for different new photo voltaic installations in Australia.
Array Applied sciences Chief Government Officer Kevin Hostetler mentioned the manufacturing unit will strengthen the corporate’s presence within the Australian market and assist the area’s financial growth.
“This determination will assist us meet the rising demand for renewable vitality utilities, speed up venture schedules, and have lasting financial advantages for Australia,” he mentioned.
The Glenrowan photo voltaic farm, developed on an space of 245 hectares, is one in all six main vitality manufacturing and storage tasks that received provide contracts below the state’s second renewable vitality goal public sale (VRET2). Collectively, the tasks will present 623 MW of latest technology and as much as 365 MW/600 MWh of latest vitality storage.
Array Applied sciences mentioned it was the primary tracker provider to win a contract below the VRET scheme, which is designed to extend the state’s renewable vitality technology capability and assist the Victorian authorities obtain the dedication to energy all of its operations with renewable vitality by 2025.
The VRET2 scheme is a part of the state authorities’s plan to drive important funding in all six renewable vitality zones situated throughout Victoria. The Victorian authorities estimates the scheme will assist the creation of 920 direct jobs and appeal to AUD 1.48 billion ($1.02 billion) in new renewable vitality tasks to the state.
“Making new funding in renewable vitality can have lasting advantages for the Victorian economic system, making vitality supply throughout the state extra dependable and inexpensive,” mentioned Power Minister Lily D’Ambrosio.
Development of the Glenrowan photo voltaic farm has begun, with the venture anticipated to start operations by the tip of 2023. It is going to hook up with the present close by Glenrowan Terminal Substation. It’s anticipated to generate the equal of electrical energy for roughly 45,000 Australian houses.
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