Solar Energy

Solar power in the Australian Energy Market

% MW

Solar Energy Production During October 2018

The default, capacity factor graph shows the output as a percentage of registered capacity. Alternatively, you may view the actual output in megawatts.

Solar farms may be included or excluded from the graphs by toggling the check boxes. The total will update accordingly.

Data for the month-long graphs is sampled at 3 hour intervals to reduce the number of data points.

Solar Generators

ID	Name	Source/Technology	Registered Capacity (MW)
New South Wales (NSW1)
BROKENH1	Broken Hill Solar Plant	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	54
COLEASF1	Coleambally Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	180
GRIFSF1	Griffith Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	27
GULLRSF1	Gullen Range Solar Farm	Solar, Solar Thermal	10
MANSLR1	Manildra solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	50
MLSP1	Mugga Lane Solar Park	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	12
MOREESF1	Moree Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	57
NYNGAN1	Nyngan Solar Plant	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	102
PARSF1	Parkes Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	50
ROYALLA1	Royalla Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	20
WRSF1	White Rock Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat Panel	22
			585
Queensland (QLD1)
BARCSF1	Barcaldine Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	20
CLARESF1	Clare Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	110
DAYDSF1	Daydream Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	80
DDSF1	Darling Downs Solar Farm, Units 1-44	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat Panel	121
EMERASF1	Emerald Solar Park	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	88
HAMISF1	Hamilton Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	58
HAYMSF1	Hayman Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	58
HUGSF1	Hughenden Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	21
KSP1	Kidston Solar Project	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	50
LRSF1	Longreach Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	17
RRSF1	Ross River Solar Farm, Units 1-64	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	128
SMCSF1	Sun Metals Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Flat panel	124
WHITSF1	Whitsunday Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	58
			932
South Australia (SA1)
BNGSF1	Bungala One Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	135
			135
Victoria (VIC1)
BANN1	Bannerton Solar Park	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	100
GANNSF1	Gannawarra Solar Farm	Solar, Photovoltaic Tracking Flat panel	55
RUBICON	Rubicon Mountain Streams Station	Solar, Hydro - Gravity	13
			168
Total registered
			1,820

About the Australian Electricity Grid

The electricity grid managed by the AEMO covers New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania and is the world's largest interconnected power system.

The interface between generators (producers of energy) and consumers (industrial users, businesses and homes) is known as the National Electricity Market (NEM). It is the system though which the supply of energy to local distributors is managed, along with the price of that energy.

Most of Australia's electricity needs are fulfilled by power stations which burn fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to drive steam turbines.

A large part is also played by hydroelectric power stations while wind power contributes in line with meteorological conditions.

There are also many smaller generators which use solar technology, biomass, bagasse etc. to create electricity.

A relative newcomer is the installation, en masse, of domestic rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV). AEMO provides daily files summarising the performance of rooftop solar generation by region.