Solar · BEEBO SOLAR FARM PTY LTD as Trustee For BEEBO SOLAR FARM UNIT TRUST · Solar PV - Fixed
03 Jun 2026 19:45 → 04 Jun 2026 19:45 AEST
| Capex total (greenfield) |
$877.68M
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| Capex refurbishment |
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| Capex / MW |
$1,462,800
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| Fixed OPEX (annual) |
$8.64M
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| Fixed OPEX / MW-yr |
$14,400
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| Variable OPEX / MWh |
$0.00
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| Fuel cost / GJ |
$0.00
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| Heat rate GJ/MWh |
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Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: estimated · AI checked 04 Jun 2026
Notes
No specific financial data was found for Beebo Solar Farm - KCI; all entries are marked as unknown or not available.
No generator-specific reported capex, O&M, PPA, financing, fuel contract, or refurbishment cost was found in public sources. Capex and O&M are estimated using AEMO/Aurecon 2024 large-scale solar PV benchmark assumptions, scaled to Beebo's reported 600 MW AC solar farm. Because Aurecon's benchmark is for single-axis tracking with a 1.2 DC:AC ratio, the estimate assumes 720 MWp DC for 600 MW AC. Estimated capex includes EPC plus land/development allowance from the benchmark and excludes the 400 MW/800 MWh standalone BESS, road upgrades, and any unusual project-specific grid augmentation not captured by the benchmark. Public EPBC documents list Beebo as a 600 MW solar farm with 400 MW/800 MWh BESS, single-axis tracker infrastructure, 15-18 month construction phase, and expected 40-year operational life. At end of life, EPBC documents state the solar farm will either be decommissioned or repowered; no major refurbishment cost is disclosed. Input technology label says fixed PV, but official EPBC referral text describes single-axis mounting framework/tracking equipment, so the normalised technology is set to solar_tracking and flagged for review.
No public generator-specific construction cost, EPC contract value, fixed O&M contract, variable O&M contract, PPA/offtake price, financing terms, or refurbishment cost was found for Beebo Solar Farm - KCI. Capex and O&M values are therefore technology benchmark defaults from CSIRO/AEMO GenCost 2024-25 for large-scale solar PV, applied to the stated 600 MW capacity. The GenCost benchmark is for large-scale solar PV and notes that large-scale solar PV is single-axis tracking, while the provided NEMStats generator label says Solar PV - Fixed; EPBC referral material also refers to single-axis mounting framework for trackers. Total capex estimate excludes the separately proposed 400 MW / 800 MWh BESS, road upgrades, project-specific grid connection, land, financing, owner costs, and contingencies unless embedded in the benchmark. Asset life uses the Beebo EPBC referral's project-specific 40-year operational life; GenCost LCOE economic life for solar PV is 30 years and is also captured as a benchmark source. Closure/refurbishment notes: at end of operational phase, project would be decommissioned or upgraded and all infrastructure removed if decommissioned. Public EPBC portal status found during search indicated the project was under assessment with a controlled action referral decision and a January 2026 variation-to-proposal decision accepting added local road upgrades; this is not a final project investment decision or construction cost disclosure.
Beebo is a proposed/under-assessment project, not an operating DUID. The capex value found is a reported whole-project construction cost for the combined 600 MW solar farm plus 400 MW/800 MWh standalone BESS, not a clean solar-only EPC value. The capex_per_mw_aud divides this reported whole-project cost by the stated 600 MW solar capacity and therefore overstates pure PV-only capex if the BESS is excluded. O&M values are technology-default assumptions from AEMO/Aurecon large-scale solar PV parameters, not Beebo-specific reported contract values. The generator record supplied by the user says Solar PV - Fixed, but the EPBC project description lists single-axis mounting framework/trackers and tracking equipment; this technology mismatch should be reviewed. Official EPBC material states construction includes operation and decommissioning, construction is expected to take approximately 15-18 months, operation life is expected to be 40 years, and at end of operational phase the solar farm will either be decommissioned or repowered. EPBC status observed as Under Assessment, so no closure date or refurbishment program is available.
No generator-specific capex, O&M, financing, heat-rate, or fuel-contract disclosure was found for Beebo Solar Farm. Financial values are therefore default estimates using AEMO/Aurecon 2024 large-scale solar PV assumptions, scaled to 600 MW and excluding the separate 400 MW / 800 MWh BESS. AEMO/Aurecon benchmark is for a 240 MWp DC / 200 MW AC single-axis tracking project: EPC capex AUD 1.15/W DC plus land/development of AUD 16.56m on 240 MWp, giving AUD 1.219m/MWp total benchmark. Applied to 600 MW gives AUD 731.4m. Fixed O&M is AUD 12,000/MWp-year, giving AUD 7.2m/year at 600 MW. Variable O&M is included in fixed O&M, represented here as AUD 0/MWh separate VOM. Technology classification conflict: NEMStats/user input labels the generator as Solar PV - Fixed, while the EPBC referral description lists single-axis mounting framework for trackers and installation of tracking equipment; the financial assumptions used are therefore closer to solar_tracking. EPBC project is under assessment/publicly announced, not an operating generator. Major closure/refurbishment note: EPBC referral says expected operating life is 40 years, after which the project will either be decommissioned or repowered; decommissioning would remove above-ground infrastructure and rehabilitate the land, while transmission-network-operated assets such as a substation may remain.
Beebo-specific project documents found in the EPBC portal confirm a 600 MW solar farm with 400 MW / 800 MWh standalone BESS, 15-18 month construction phase, 40-year operating life, and end-of-life decommissioning or repowering option. No source-backed Beebo-specific construction cost, fixed O&M, variable O&M, or financing data was located. Financial values are therefore default/estimated from CSIRO GenCost 2025-26 draft large-scale solar PV assumptions in 2025-26 AUD. The capex estimate applies to the 600 MW solar PV component only and excludes the 800 MWh BESS unless otherwise noted by future project disclosures. There is a technology classification conflict: the provided generator label/NEMStats entry says Solar PV - Fixed, but the EPBC project description lists single-axis mounting framework for trackers and CSIRO GenCost large-scale solar PV is single-axis tracking.