Genex Power Limited has announced that its 50 MW Kidston Solar Project (KS1 or Project) has successfully reached Practical Completion (PC).
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor UGL has successfully passed all the commissioning and performance tests required for PC to be granted.
The project will continue to be operated and maintained by UGL under the terms of an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Agreement for an initial 5-year period, with an option for Genex to extend for an additional 5 years.
The Kidston Solar Project Phase One involves a 50 MW facility located in Northern Queensland, on the site of the historical Kidston Gold Mine. The site is situated some 270 km north west of Townsville, near the township of Georgetown. The project is co-located with The Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project (250MW) and the Kidston Solar Project (Phase Two 270 MW).
The project is predicted to generate 145 GWh of renewable electricity annually, increasing the total renewable energy generation in Queensland by 5.5% alone. This is equivalent to powering circa. 26,484 households and offsetting about 120,000 tones of CO2 per year.
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