planned installed capacity of the proposed solar farm located around 35 km south-west of Ayr, near the village of Clare, in the shire of Burdekin in north Queensland.

proposed to be generated per year.

approximate number of households that can be powered by the farm each year.

estimated reduction in CO2 emissions each year, once the farm is operational.

hectares of rural land will be used for the farm. The site is currently used for growing sugar cane. The choice of location is driven by two main factors: 1) It has among the highest levels of solar irradiation in Australia. 2) Location makes it possible for exporting the solar farm’s electricity into the national electricity grid via the existing Clare substation.

high performance mono-crystalline Duomax panels rated at 1500 volts, supplied by China based Trina Solar, will be used.

major organisations involved: Project Developers: Lighthouse Infrastructure and DIF, EPC and O&M: Downer EDI, Solar Panels: Trina Solar, PPA: Origin Energy.

estimated project cost.

peak jobs during construction phase.

FTE during operational phase.

likely start of construction with the farm expected to be grid-connected and fully operational by early 2018.

13 year PPA signed with Origin Energy

Financial close reached

Trina Solar wins contract to supply solar panels.

Powerlink commences work to expand its Clare South substation by adding a new substation bay. The expansion will connect the solar farm to Powerlink's 1,700 kilometre transmission network. Connection works are expected to be complete by Aug 2017.

FRV sold the project to Lighthouse Infrastructure and DIF who acquired a 50% equity interest each in the project.

Sea of solar panels awaiting to be installed at the farm.

Work on farm completed and feeding into the Powerlink sub-station. Awaiting formal commissioning.

Farm starts feeding into the grid.