Iberdrola commissions Australian wind-solar project

• The hybrid complex is the largest in the southern hemisphere

Iberdrola has actually begun commissioning its initial wind-solar hybrid project, Port Augusta.

The renewable center, situated in the state of South Australia, incorporates 210MW of wind power with 107MW of solar power and also has called for a financial investment of A$ 500 million.

Making up 50 wind turbines as well as 250,000 solar panels, the complex is the largest wind-solar hybrid farm in the southern hemisphere.

The plant will stop the emission of 400,000 tonnes of CO2 annually right into the ambience as well as will certainly have the ability to produce enough tidy energy to supply the equivalent demand of 180,000 Australian homes.

The project has been registered in the National Electricity Market Registry by the Australian Energy Market Operator.

The project hence gets in the full generation phase with the commissioning of the photovoltaic or pv components, in addition to the wind power part of the installation, which started the initial tests to export energy to the grid last April.

Spanish company Elecnor was responsible for developing the plant's substation and also transmission line, in addition to the storage space locations and access roads. Vestas has actually manufactured and also set up the 50 wind generators of 4.2 MW unit capacity in the wind farm; Longi has actually supplied the solar panels for the photovoltaic or pv plant and Sterling & Wilson has been in charge of its building and construction.

The commissioning of Port Augusta will make a considerable contribution to achieving South Australia's ambitious targets; it wishes to achieve 100% renewable resource by 2030.