First Solar is to supply thin-film photovoltaic modules to Genex Power’s 63MW Kidston phase 1 solar project in Queensland, Australia.
Genex has achieved financial close on the project, which will consist of more than 540,000 modules.
The electricity generated by the solar farm will be sold via a power purchase agreement supported by the Queensland government.
Construction will be managed by UGL Engineering and is on schedule to start in the first half of 2017.
The project will be located next to the proposed Kidston pumped storage hydro project and the aim is to integrate the two schemes.
First Solar senior manager for business development in Australia Ewan Norton-Smith said: “The combination of solar energy with pumped-storage hydroelectricity will allow for increasing penetration of renewable energy into the grid and will contribute to the stability of supply in the National Electricity Market.”
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