Limondale Site Journal

Construction of Australias biggest PV power plant

Belectric is building a new solar photovoltaic plant at Limondale with a installed capacity of 349 megawatts. This large-scale plant will be located in Australia at Balranald, New South Wales. The solar farm will be made up of approximately 872,000 panels and cover an area of 900 hectares which is equivalent in size to around 415 football fields. Full commercial operation is expected mid of 2020.

349000

kWp installed capacity

872000

modules

9000000

square meter

Limondale Project

2019

24/10/2019

Construction update and Interviews

New pictures of the construction progress.
Interviews with project managers and engineers

07/10/2019

Foundations for all 57 inverter stations complete

35 of the inverter stations have so far been installed Cabling works are progressing well
The main transformer for the substation of the bigger second part of the site (Limondale 1) has been installed by grid operator TransGrid

06/09/2019

First electricity exported

The substation for the smaller first part of the site (Limondale 2) has successfully been energised and we generated the first electricity from Limondale on 12th August
Over one third of the solar farm’s 58,000 piles are now installed
The new O&M building and adjacent store are nearing completion, which will house Limondale’s operational team

28/06/2019

Stunning facts and figures

From last weekly report:

10,919 piles rammed
82,470 modules installed
22 MVPS installed
22kV switch-room works ongoing
14,816 metres of AC trenching complete
5,595 metres of DC trenching complete

27/06/2019

Commissioning works continue

The grid connection for the smaller first part of the site has been completed by grid operator TransGrid
Commissioning works on the smaller substation and the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system are progressing
Installation and connection works of PV panels and tracker systems continue

07/06/2019

Module wiring commenced

PV panels and tracker systems that are already mechanically complete and inverter modules are now being electrically connected
Commissioning works on small substation started
The SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system is being set-up and tested. This will allow remote monitoring of the solar farm.

29/05/2019

Construction update may 2019

10/05/2019

Works for Limondale 1 have begun

28/04/2019

Next steps

limondale -Sub-structure built for 3 blocks in Limondale 2

Sub-structure built for 3 blocks in Limondale 2
Trench from Trackers to 22KV switchroom completed
22kv switchroom is in place
AC cables from field to switchroom have begun to be laid

05/04/2019