The Barcaldine Solar Farm is a solar farm located five kilometres east of the town of Barcaldine in Central Queensland, Australia. The power station is owned by Elecnor and is situated on a 90 hectare site. It will use single-axis tracking technology.[1] The power station can generate 20 megawatts AC.[1] It consists of 78,000 panels.[2]
Power was supplied to the grid in December 2016.[3] It was Queensland's first large scale solar farm.[4]
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23°32′52″S 145°19′08″E / 23.54778°S 145.31889°E / -23.54778; 145.31889