The world’s largest fully moveable, single-location solar array is now taking shape at Adelaide’s Happy Valley Reservoir as part of an ambitious renewable energy initiative by SA Water to reduce its operating expenses and deliver significant environmental benefits to South Australia.
The first of more than 30,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are now being positioned at the reservoir reserve in Adelaide’s South at the corner of Black and South Road, generating a total of more than 17,000-megawatt hours of energy per year.
Created by Australian-based 5B, the Maverick solar panels are pre-wired, fabricated, and folded to allow for each panel to be delivered and installed in just one day, and can be fully re-mobilized and moved several times.
SA Water Chief Executive David Ryan said Happy Valley is one of more than 30 SA Water solar sites being constructed across metropolitan and regional South Australia.
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