LOGOS-led consortium, Solar Bay to install largest rooftop solar in Australia

They will install 60MW of rooftop solar and 150MWh of battery storage.

A consortium led by LOGOS entered a 30-year partnership with Renewable Energy Fund, Solar Bay, for the installation of the largest rooftop solar and micro-grid in Australia’s largest intermodal freight facility.

In a joint statement, the companies said Solar Bay will provide network and retail energy services to the tenant of Moorebank Logistics Park with the installation of the 60-megawatt (MW) rooftop solar and 150MW-hour battery energy storage.

These technologies can generate electricity enough to power 40,000 homes in New South Wales and avoid around 67.2 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

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The site, which has a roof space of over 800,000 square metres, has a capacity of up to 130MW and generates 183 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually.

Meanwhile, the precinct-wide microgrid will operate at a combination of 11 kilovolts (kV) and 33 kV, when completed, it can cover 44% of the total electrical requirement will be provided through the on-site generation and the remaining power will come from an off-site wind farm.

Other members of the consortium are AustralianSuper, AXA IM Alts, Ivanhoe Cambridge and TCorp.