The Premier of Queensland, a state in the north-east of Australia, has officially opened the Sun Metals Solar Farm, a 124 MWac solar power station comprised of more than 1.3 million solar panels.
The solar farm will supply equivalent to around one-third of the electricity needed by the Sun Metals zinc refinery, which is located approximately 15 kilometres south Townsville. Sun Metals is the Australian subsidiary of Korea Zinc Company Limited, which produces 10% of the world’s zinc from plants in Korea, the USA and Australia.
RCR Tomlinson was the EPC contractor for the project and responsible for commissioning of the plant. It began exporting electricity to the grid in late May via a 33kV overhead transmission line from the site to the existing Townsville South substation.
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