SMA to support the second largest solar farm in Queensland

• SMA has closed an agreement with Sterling and also Wilson for the 162 MW "Columboola Solar Farm", the second biggest solar farm in Queensland, Australia. 39 Medium Voltage Power Stations and an SMA Power Plant Controller to control the electrical power flows in the PV plant will create the backbone of the project.

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The "Columboola Solar Farm" will certainly create 400 jobs. With renewable energy presently accounting for 14 percent of Queensland's electrical power mix, "this project will be a vital factor to the states' target of 50 percent renewable resources by 2030," claims the company. The SMA option for Columboola Solar Farm will comprise of 79 Sunny Central inverters incorporated into 39 MVPS 5500-S-AU, a MVPS 2750-S-AU and also an SMA Power Plant Controller. Beginning of distribution for SMA inverters is expected for April 2021. The farm results from start creating power in August 2021 and also attain provisionary acceptance by November 2021. When functional, the "Columboola Solar Farm" will export electrical power under the PPA with state-owned CS Energy for commercial retail clients such as Griffith University, Central Queensland University and Queensland University of Technology.

"Including the Columboola Solar farm, SMA together with Sterling and Wilson now have over 700 MW throughout three projects committed in Queensland alone," claims Joshua Birmingham, Director Project Sales at SMA Australia.