Darling Downs Solar Farm
Darling Downs Solar Farm is a 110MW photovoltaic solar power station in Queensland, Australia developed by APA Group 45 km west of Dalby in the Darling Downs region next to the Darling Downs Power Station. All of the electricity produced will be sold to Origin Energy until 2030. The solar farm connects to the national electricity grid through Powerlink's Braemar substation. It has approximately 430,000 solar panels on an area of approximately.
The solar farm was planned by Origin Energy which owns the adjacent natural gas Darling Downs Power Station. Origin received planning approval and support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency before selling the project to APA Group in May 2017. designed and built by RCR Tomlinson under an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth approximately.
Darling Downs Solar Farm was the ninth solar farm to be approved by the Western Downs Regional Council.
