Work on Cultana Solar Farm to start within weeks
Recruitment will start soon on filling the 350 jobs needed to build the $350 million Cultana Solar Farm at Whyalla.
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Work on the $350 million Cultana Solar Farm is expected to start early next year.
The 280MW project north of the Whyalla Steelworks, by SIMEC Energy Australia, is expected to generate enough electricity to power 100,000 homes each year.
SIMEC representative Sean Kelly said work on the solar farm – the first project in Sanjeev Gupta’s $US1 billion renewable energy plan for the Upper Spencer Gulf – was expected to start in early 2020 and be completed by the end of next year.
He said the project would generate 350 jobs, with recruitment to start soon.
Corporation, will soon begin recruitment for this landmark project, with a particular focus on employing locals first,” Mr Kelly said.
He said a test rig of almost 200 panels had been established onsite, which would provide vital soil, solar and equipment constructability data.
It was announced in June that Chinese company Shanghai Electric would design and build the solar farm, set to be one of the largest in Australia.
The Cultana farm will provide power to the Whyalla Steelworks, and a range of government and commercial customers.
SIMEC Energy is a subsidiary of GFG Alliance.
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