generation capacity of the Darlington Point Solar Farm located approximately 10km south of the town of Darlington Point in western-NSW, on land adjacent to TransGrid’s Darlington Point substation at Donald Ross Drive. The project also has approval for a 100 MWh battery storage system.

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 grazing land, adjacent to TransGrid’s Darlington Point substation at Donald Ross Drive, will be used.

Canadian Solar HiKu modules (CS3W-P) averaging over 400 W per module will be installed on single-axis solar tracking systems.

major organisations involved: 1) Project owner and developer: Octopus Investments, Edify Energy 2) EPC & O&M: Signal Energy, Canadian Solar 3) PPA: Delta Energy.

estimated project cost - $353 million while the battery storage component of the project - which is set to be built at a later date - will cost $54 million.

peak jobs during construction phase

FTE during operational phase.

NSW Department of Planning and Environment grants Development Consent in accordance with the State Significant Development process.

Delta Electricity, owner of the Vales Point coal generator, signs PPA for 150 MW of the solar farm’s capacity along with LGCs.

Edify Energy and Europe based solar investor Octopus Investments announce financial closure.

Signal Energy along with Canadian Solar appointed as EPC for the project.

Array Technologies chosen to supply its DuraTrack HZ v3 solar trackers.

AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, appointed by Octopus Investments and Edify Energy as their project manager and technical advisor.

The first 2 Power Conditioning Units arrive at the site.

Octopus Investments and Edify Energy announce that the project has now completed the generator registration process and connected to the National Electricity Market.