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Naturgy boosts Australian solar portfolio with start up of 360 MW of new capacity

Spanish energy giant Naturgy has increased its operational renewables portfolio in Australia to 1.3 GW with the commissioning of two large-scale solar farms with a combined capacity of 360 MW.
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Naturgy, through its international generation subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG), has finalised the commissioning of the 260 MW Glenellen and the 96 MW Bundaberg solar farms in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, respectively.

The 200 MW Glenellen Solar Farm is Naturgy’s largest PV plant to date in Australia and features about 375,000 modules installed across a 300-hectare site near Albury in southern NSW. The project also integrates sheep grazing to preserve agricultural land use.

The Bundaberg Solar Farm, near the town of the same name on the central Queensland coast, has an installed capacity of 96 MW and includes more than 162,000 solar modules.

The Bundaberg power plant is expected to generate about 200 GWh of renewable energy per year while the Glenellen Solar Farm is forecast to supply 450 GWh of energy annually.

Long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) have already been locked in for the output from both projects with Australian telecommunications giant Telstra having committed to purchasing 100% of the capacity from the Bundaberg plant and 50% of the electricity generated by the Glenellen facility.

Nuturgy said the PPAs “reinforce revenue visibility and business stability” while both projects strengthen its presence in the Australian energy market, one it rates as attractive market for the development of renewables at an international level thanks to its “regulatory stability, its high growth potential and its commitment to the energy transition.” 

The commissioning of the Glenellen and Bundaberg solar farms increases Naturgy’s combined capacity in operation in Australia to 1.3 GW, including the country’s first large-scale solar-hybrid power plant at Cunderdin in Western Australia.

The company also has a further 500 MW under construction and a 2 GW pipeline of projects in development across the country, including a 290 MW solar farm and 180 MW / 360 MWh battery energy storage project planned for Queensland’s Fraser Coast region.

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