Broken Hill Solar Plant

The Broken Hill Solar Plant, which became operational in December 2015,[1] is a 53 megawatt farm located near Broken Hill in western New South Wales, Australia. It is associated with the Nyngan Solar Plant (almost 600 km to the east), making the total capacity of the combined plants 155 megawatts.

Broken Hill Solar Plant
Country
  • Australia
Coordinates31°59′S 141°23′E
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • December 2015
Owner(s)
Operator(s)
Solar farm
Type
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 53 MW
External links
Website www.agl.com.au/about-agl/how-we-source-energy/broken-hill-solar-plant 

The Broken Hill solar plant, like other generation near the edge of the grid, has suffered from changes in loss factor calculations, with a decrease of 22.7% from a 2017-18 financial year (FY) Marginal Loss Factor (MLF) of 1.2841 to 1.0603 (2018-19 FY MLF), which has affected revenue.[2][3] On 12 September 2019, the output of the farm was reduced by 50%.[4][5]


Powering Australian Renewables Fund

Ownership of the Nyngan and Broken Hill solar plants was transferred from AGL Energy to Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), an infrastructure fund closely associated with but independent to AGL.[6]

Initial investment in PARF was $200M from AGL, and up to $800M from both QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and the Australian sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund.[7]

References
  1. "AGL Nyngan and Broken Hill solar plants officially opened". AGL Energy. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. "REGIONS AND MARGINALLOSS FACTORS: FY 2018-19" (PDF). AEMO. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. Parkinson, Giles. "Solar, wind farms hit as AEMO slashes output calculations". Renew Economy. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. Parkinson, Giles. "AEMO slashes output of five big solar farms by half due to voltage issues". Renew Economy. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. Parkinson, Giles. "Solar farms warned of worsening network losses in NSW, Victoria". Renew Economy. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. "Powering Australian Renewables Fund FAQs - AGL". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. "AGL signs up investors for renewables fund". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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