installed capacity of the Daydream Solar Farm located a few kilometres north of Collinsville 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 land will be used.

solar panels will be used. The First Solar Series 4 modules chosen for the projects are ideally suited to the hot and humid environmental conditions of the Whitsunday Region, due to a superior temperature coefficient, and better shading and spectral response. They will use single axis tracking technology which has been commissioned from Array Technologies.

major organisations involved: 1) Project owner and developer: BlackRock Real Assets, Edify Energy 2) EPC & O&M: RCR Tomlinson 3) Power distribution: Origin Energy.

estimated project cost. $90 million in debt funding from CEFC (involving Commonwealth Bank and French investment bank Natixis) for both Hayman and Daydream solar farms. BlackRock Real Assets is providing equity (90%) towards the projects.

peak jobs during construction phase.

FTE during operational phase.

planned start of construction. The project will become fully operational in mid 2018.

Financial close announced by Edify Energy having secured equity funding from BlackRock Real Assets. The investment gives BlackRock a 90 per cent interest in the farm while Edify will retain 10 per cent of the equity interest.

RCR Tomlinson awarded EPC and O&M contract with combined value of $315 million for Hayman and Daydream solar farms.

Origin signs PPA to buy all the output and renewable energy certificates from Daydream solar farm until 2030.

First Solar awarded contract by RCR Tomilson for supply of solar panels.

Powerlink and Edify Energy finalise connection agreements for the Daydream and Hayman Solar Farms to be connected to Powerlink’s 275kV network near Collinsville.

Road construction and fencing works begin at site.

A generation authority application submitted to the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Queensland.

Powerlink’s Crush Creek substation, the point of connection for both Daydream Solar Farm and Hayman Solar Farm, was energised and commissioned.

Project connected to the network and commissioning tests commence.