Chinchilla Solar Farm

Solar · First Solar Australia Pty Ltd · Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Dispatch stats Financials
Development AEMO: Publicly Announced Solar - Solar NEM data · 24 hours
113 MW
Researched capacity
Est. SRMC
$0.26/MWh
Key information
Capacity (AI)
113 MW

AEMO spreadsheet figure provided in prompt: 113.16 MW, 0.00 MWh storage.

AEMO status Publicly Announced
Project status Development (AI)

AEMO spreadsheet lists the site as Publicly Announced, and no separate evidence of construction/commissioning/full operation was found in the provided results.

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Owner First Solar Australia Pty Ltd
Commissioned —
Expected closure —
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Single axis tracking
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM First Solar
Module / inverter supplier First Solar modules / single-axis tracking solar PV plant
Inverter OEM SMA
Inverter model Sunny Central inverter platform
Equipment confidence low
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14 Jun 2026 04:45 → 15 Jun 2026 04:45 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 Jun 2026 04:45 → 15 Jun 2026 04:45 AEST

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Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Solar (tracking)
Capacity
113 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.26/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$527.43M

Shown in table
$527.43M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$500.00M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Reported project value for Chinchilla Solar Farm in a council development status report.

Reference
Western Downs Development Status Report 2024 (high confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
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Capex / MW derived
$4,660,889

Shown in table
$4.66M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$4.42M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Calculated using the reported total project value and the user-supplied registered capacity.

Reference
Western Downs Development Status Report 2024 (medium confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$2.39M

Shown in table
$2.39M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$2.26M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$21,097

Shown in table
$21.1k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$20.0k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.26

Shown in table
$0.26 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.25 (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 06 Jun 2026

Notes
A Western Downs Development Status Report lists Chinchilla Solar Farm (First Solar) at $500 million in 2024; this is used as the best available plant-specific reported greenfield cost. The site is also described elsewhere as a 100 MW project with First Solar thin-film modules and single-axis tracking, but public sources did not clearly reconcile the reported 2024 cost with the registered 113.16 MW capacity. Fixed O&M and variable O&M use internal defaults because plant-specific O&M data were not found.

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