European Energy has brought its 31 MW Mulwala Solar Farm into commercial operation in the New South Wales Riverina, giving the Danish developer its first operating asset in the state and its third solar farm in Australia.
The plant, sited about two kilometres north of the town of Mulwala, has completed full-output testing and is running at capacity. It uses more than 50,000 modules and is expected to generate roughly 66 GWh a year. A 25 MW / 100 MWh battery is due to be added at the site shortly.
Mulwala follows the 108 MW Lancaster and 58 MW Mokoan plants in north-east Victoria. Most of its output is contracted: a long-term power purchase agreement dating from 2023, when OX2 still owned the project, was signed with Australian data centre developer AirTrunk, which is owned by Blackstone, to match the consumption of Google’s local data centres. Uncontracted volumes flow to the National Electricity Market.
“Mulwala brings together three characteristics that are increasingly important for renewable energy investments: generation, storage and contracted demand,” said Thorvald Spanggaard, European Energy’s executive vice president and head of project development.
Australia manager Catriona McLeod said bringing the plant to full output was an important step for the company’s local activities.
European Energy was founded in 2004 and entered Australia in 2013. It now holds a pipeline of about 10 GW across solar, wind and battery storage, ranging from operating assets to early-stage development.
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