On Monday, August 26, a sod-turning ceremony was held at the CleanPeak Energy Moama Solar Farm to mark the beginning of construction.
The site, located on Milgate Rd, is expected to be completed at the end of the year and will have around 10,000 solar panels.
The event began with a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony by Uncle Des Morgan and Damien Saunders from the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation.
Uncle Des stressed the importance of respecting the land and its traditional owners throughout the construction process.
Mr Graham was also joined by Murray River Council Mayor Frank Crawley to mark the construction phase.
It is expected that a workforce of 65 people will be employed during peak construction activities.
CleanPeak Energy founder and chief executive Philip Graham was happy to break ground at the site, and is looking forward to seeing the system in action.
“(I am) delighted to start construction at the site and expect the solar farm to be operating over the summer,” he said.
“We are rolling out several solar farms in the region in a manner that considers neighbours with planting, dust and noise managements at each of our sites whilst delivering 100 per cent renewable energy solutions to customers.”
The Moama Solar Farm is a 7.5 megawatt project, expected to supply 15 gigawatt hours of power to the national grid. This is about equivalent to powering 3000 Australian homes or taking 2000 fuel-burning cars off the road.
Its solar panels will be ground-mounted, following the daily movement of the sun through a single axis tracking system.
The project is part of a $48 million Green Product Purchase Agreement between CleanPeak Energy and Infrastrucure NSW to offset emissions at Sydney’s Barangaroo precinct through solar farms in regional NSW.
To learn more about the project and CleanPeak Energy, visit https://www.moamasolarfarm.com.au/