112 MW
installed capacity of the Karadoc Solar Farm, located 35km south of the township of Mildura. The farm is operational.
74 GWh
of electricity will be generated per year by the farm once operational.
110,000
approximate number of households that can be powered by the farm each year.
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estimated reduction in CO2 emissions each year, once the farm is operational.
275
hectares of land will be used for the solar farm.
340,000
solar panels that will be used. The project will utilize NEXTracker's single-axis tracking system.
4
major organisations involved: Project Developer: BayWa RE, EPC and O&M: Beon Energy, PPA: Carlton and United Breweries, Flow Power (20 MW)
?
estimated project cost.
300
peak jobs during construction phase. Beon Energy partnered with the Andrews Government to employ 46 Jobs Victoria workers (like Ali & Kienen in the picture) both at this project as well as the sister Yatpool solar farm project. Jobs Victoria is a programme run by the state govt where partners work locally to identify the needs of employers and support job seekers into jobs that meet those needs.
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FTE during operational phase.

Mar 2018
Likely start of construction with completion due late 2018.
05 Mar 2018
Contract to design, build and commission the project awarded to Beon Energy.
22 Mar 2018
Carlton & United Breweries signed a 12-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for less than half of the output of the project, which in turn will account for nearly 90 per cent of its total electricity needs.

Jun 2018
Delivery and installation works at the collector substation.

26 Jun 2018
Major milestone achieved with the successful energisation and commissioning of the Karadoc Collector substation.

26 Oct 2018
Project starts feeding into the grid!

Dec 2018
BayWa RE confirms CUB is now drawing all of its contracted power from the project.
29 Jan 2019
Flow Power inks 10 year PPA for 20 MW of the project's output.