AECOM appointed to project manager and technical advisor role on the Darlington Point Solar Farm in New South Wales
01 May 2019
AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global
infrastructure firm, has been appointed by
Octopus Investments and
Edify
Energy as their project manager and technical advisor for the $450
million 333MWp
Darlington Point Solar Farm, one of the largest
solar
projects under construction in Australia. When complete, the
solar farm
which consists of over 800,000 solar panels will generate enough
renewable energy to power the equivalent of 130,000 homes (665,000
MWh/year).
AECOM has been contracted to provide a full suite of services to support
the delivery of the project including project management, contract
administration, owner’s engineer, site supervision and lender’s
independent technical advisor services over the entire design,
construction and commissioning phases of the project.
“We are delighted that Octopus Investments has chosen AECOM to help
drive the delivery of this significant project,” said Craig Bearsley,
group director of AECOM’s Power and Industrial practice in
New South
Wales. “Our integrated offering on this project provides a great
opportunity to utilise our broad technical and project management
capability to support Australia’s continued transition to a more
sustainable energy mix.”
The new facility will be constructed on a 1,993 hectare site adjacent to
TransGrid’s Darlington Point substation at Donald Ross Drive
approximately 10 kms south of the town of Darlington Point in the
Murrumbidgee shire of Western
New South Wales. Approximately 710 ha (7.1sq kms) is proposed to be
developed for the solar farm with solar panels mounted on single axis
tracking mounting systems. A power purchase agreement has been entered
into with Delta Electricity for the supply of 150 MW of renewable
energy.
AECOM has a strong track record of performing lead roles on a large
number of renewable-energy projects, including the Darling Downs
Solar Farm, Collinsville Solar Farm, Oakey Solar Farm and
Mount Emerald Wind Farm in Queensland, the
Ararat and Murra Warra Wind Farms in Victoria,
the Gullen Solar Farm and Crookwell 2 Wind Farm in New
South Wales and Willogoleche Wind Farm in
South Australia.
The NSW Department of Planning and
Environment granted the Development Consent for Darlington Point
Solar Farm on 7 December 2018, generation is expected to start in 2020.
For further information about the project visit Edify Energy(http://edifyenergy.com/projects/darlingtonpoint/)
and read this recent press release on the project,
http://edifyenergy.com/Octopus-Investments-and-Edify-Energy-finance-New-450-million-solar-farm.pdf.
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Source: AECOM - www.aecom.com
Contact: Johnny Sollitt-Davis Director, External Affairs Australia New Zealand +61 3 9653 8500
External Links:
http://edifyenergy.com/projects/darlingtonpoint/
https://www.aecom.com/au/projects/mount-emerald-wind-farm/
http://edifyenergy.com/Octopus-Investments-and-Edify-Energy-finance-New-450-million-solar-farm.pdf
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