380 MW Aldoga Solar Farm Begins Commercial Operations in Australia

Spanish developer Acciona Energia has completed the commissioning and start of commercial operations of the 380 MW Aldoga Solar Farm near the industrial city of Gladstone on the central Queensland coast, Australia.

The AUD 500 million (US$331.9 million) project, located about 20 km northwest of Gladstone and 560 km north of Brisbane, is now operating at full capacity, generating clean electricity equivalent to the annual consumption of approximately 185,000 households. The asset’s entire renewable energy output will be supplied to Queensland government-owned energy company Stanwell as part of a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA). 

Under the terms of the power purchase agreement, Stanwell will take the entire energy output from the Aldoga Solar Farm, selling it either into the spot market or directly to its commercial and industrial customers. Commercial operations are beginning eight months after construction was finished and roughly 20 months after the project first broke ground. Bringing Aldoga online marks another milestone in Acciona’s expansion in Australia, where the company now has nearly 2 GW of solar and wind capacity either operating or being built. Acciona is also in the process of commissioning the 923 MW MacIntyre Wind Farm in Queensland.