Power Factors Commissions First Phase of 450 MW Solar Farm in Victoria, Australia

Working with one of the world’s oil and gas supermajors, Power Factors helped commission the first phase (250 MW) of a 450 MW solar farm in Victoria, Australia. The electricity from the onsite collector substation will be further transmitted through overhead lines to a new 220kV terminal station, which was built, owned, and operated by TransGrid.

Contributing to the Australian energy market’s transition towards a low carbon-high renewables economy, this highly innovative utility-scale solar farm, the largest in Victoria, is designed to ease grid strength concerns using a 190 MVAr synchronous condenser (the largest of its kind installed in Australia). When finished it is also planned to include a 100MW/380MWh battery storage (BESS) subsystem.

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