New details have emerged on the solar farm expansion that will help power New South Wales’ first green hydrogen and ammonia production facility, with major global solar giant contracted to supply the new “high performance” panels.
Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar said on Wednesday that it has been selected to supply PV modules for the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia (GEGHA) project near Moree in New South Wales (NSW), a first of its kind for the coal-heavy state.
The GEGHA project has steadily worked its way through the approvals process after first being proposed back in early 2023 by Australian farming company Sundown Pastoral Company and New Zealand company Hiringa Energy, the creators of Australasia’s first green hydrogen refuelling network.
Financial close for the project was announced in July of last year and an additional $9.4 million in state government funding was confirmed early this year, allowing construction to begin in May.
Located on land owned by Sundown, the GEGHA project will consist of 36 megawatts (MW) of solar generation capacity including the existing 9 MW Wathagar solar farm, which will be expanded with an additional 27 MW and supported by a 41 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS).
