Project Update Week ending 2 November 2018 SunPower partners with innogy and BELECTRIC on Engineering, Procurement and Construction Australia's largest solar power (EPC) contractor, as well as the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) service provider. plant BELECTRIC is an experienced company in the 29 October global solar market with nearly 2 gigawatts of SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWR) announced today executed projects globally, including projects that it is supplying 349 megawatts of in Australia. SunPower high efficiency solar panels for the Limondale solar power plant, Australia's Source: SunPower Corp. largest solar project to date. "We commend innogy and BELECTRIC for this NEW PROJECT milestone project, and for using high- performance SunPower® technology to Illabo Solar Farm ensure long-term value," said SunPower Location: About 6km south east of Illabo, in Executive Vice President Peter the Riverina district of NSW Aschenbrenner. "Customers worldwide rely Capacity: 80 MW on SunPower solar panels for proven Developer: Tilt Renewables performance and reliability." LGA: Junee Expected cost: $150mil SunPower is supplying its Performance Series Employment: 100 construction jobs & 2 (P-Series) solar panels for the project, which is operational jobs expected to be fully operational in mid-2020. Description: The proposed solar farm would incorporate the following infrastructure: Fixed The company's 19 percent efficient P-Series or single axis tracking solar panels, inverter solar panels deliver value as a result of a stations, underground cabling to connect unique shingled design that improves inverter stations to substation, internal access reliability and efficiency, and outperforms tracks, overhead transmission line up to conventional panel yield in real-world 132kV for grid connection, 132 kV substation, conditions such as partial shading and security and fencing, operations and elevated temperatures. It is part of a maintenance facility, control room and site comprehensive high-efficiency product office with amenities, maintenance, spare portfolio that includes SunPower's X- and E- parts and storage building, car parking, Series panels, and, beginning in 2019, will laydown/compound area, future battery include its newly developed next generation storage area, ancillary infrastructure, technology. intersection treatment, upgrades and construction of access track off Allawah Road. innogy is constructing the solar power plant. Contact: Marita Giles The company's subsidiary, BELECTRIC, is the Email: [email protected] Page 1 (Click on relevant project links to go to online Project Database) PROJECT NEWS Examining expansion of Crudine Ridge Wind Farm Shoalhaven Pumped Hydro Construction starts on Crudine Ridge Wind Farm, with completion planned for late 2019. Scheme 29 October The project consists of constructing 37 wind The Australian Government is supporting turbines which will reach a maximum height Origin Energy to examine the feasibility of of 160m from foundation to the uppermost expanding its existing Shoalhaven pumped blade tip. The project will build 50km of new hydro scheme. internal access roads, internal electrical reticulation, temporary construction Pumped hydro energy storage involves compounds, rock crushing facilities, a pumping water up to a storage reservoir and concrete batching plant, a substation, an releasing it through a turbine to provide operations and maintenance facility and additional energy into the electricity grid approximately 15 km of overhead when it is needed. transmission line. There will also be upgrades to public roads, including a 20km stretch Pumped hydro helps to make renewables along Aarons Pass Road. To minimise impacts more reliable by acting as a battery which can to the community and environment materials be dispatched at times of peak demand. are being sourced on site, reducing the number of truck movements on public roads. The current 240MW Shoalhaven Pumped Hydro Scheme could be expanded by an Delivery of turbine components is scheduled additional 235MW in storage generation and for early 2019, along the approved routes. A capacity if found to be feasible. more detailed update on delivery of these components will be shared with the Through the Australian Renewable Energy community closer to the time to ensure Agency (ARENA), the Australian Government minimal traffic disruption. is providing funding of $2 million to Origin Energy for the feasibility study. The project is already delivering economic benefits to the local community. $3M of A full feasibility study will cost $6.8 million contracts have been awarded to local and is expected to be completed in 2019. businesses and further procurement is planned over the coming months. The project is aiming The study will examine pumping water from to engage as many of the 240 people for the Lake Yarrunga to Fitzroy Falls Reservoir, by delivery of the project with a focus on engaging passing the Kangaroo Valley Power Station, from the local community as much as possible. and making use of a new underground pumped power station. The project team is recruiting for a number of positions both for CWP Renewables and our It is hoped that this study can provide insights delivery partners. These positions include, which will be beneficial to other pumped senior HSE positions, project administrators, hydro projects around Australia. communications and engagement roles, civil project engineers, civil supervisors and This project is a great example of the graduate engineers. People interested in Government's commitment to delivering being a part of the project are encouraged to reliable and more affordable electricity. visit job sites such as Seek for currently advertised roles, as well as register their Source: Federal Government interest through the contractors page. Source: CWP Renewables Page 2 (Click on relevant project links to go to online Project Database) New technology to be trialled President of Identiflight, Tom Hiester, said IdentiFlight is pleased to be partnering with to protect eagles at Cattle Hill Goldwind. Wind Farm 30 October ‘We developed IdentiFlight to promote the Goldwind Australia announced today that it successful coexistence of avian wildlife and will be installing the innovative IdentiFlight® wind energy. Results from IdentiFlight trials aerial monitoring and detection technology on wind farms in the US have demonstrated system as one of the key initiatives to mitigate its effectiveness in mitigating impacts on the Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle impacts at iconic bald and golden eagles.’ said Tom. Cattle Hill Wind Farm in the Central Highlands of Tasmania. Construction of the Cattle Hill Wind Farm commenced earlier this year and is IdentiFlight’s tower-mounted optical units are progressing well with the first wind turbine designed to detect flying objects and then use foundation expected to be poured shortly. algorithms to identify them as eagles within seconds. If an eagle’s speed and flight path Once operational, the wind farm will power indicate a risk of collision with a wind turbine, approximately 63,500 Tasmanian homes. This an alert is generated to shut down the specific increases Tasmania’s on-island renewable wind turbine. energy generation capacity by approximately 5 per cent and contributes to Tasmania’s Sixteen IdentiFlight units are to be installed at ambitious target of becoming fully self- the Cattle Hill Wind Farm. The location of the sufficient with renewable energy by 2022. towers is designed so they will be able to detect eagles and shut down any of the 48 Source: Goldwind Australia turbines as necessary. John Titchen, Goldwind Managing Director, PROJECT NEWS said Cattle Hill Wind Farm will be the first Snowy 2.0 wind farm in Australia to trial this newly Snowy Hydro Limited is seeking NSW state available innovative aerial monitoring and government planning approvals for Snowy 2.0 detection technology. Main Works covering the major project elements including the underground power ‘Goldwind Australia understands the station, power waterways, access tunnels and importance of balancing the need for clean, access, power supply and communications renewable energy whilst protecting infrastructure, as well as supporting Tasmania’s unique wildlife, particularly the infrastructure to enable construction. It also endangered Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle. includes the operation of Snowy 2.0, which Snowy Hydro is proposing to build and Goldwind is very pleased to have partnered operate to increase the pumped hydroelectric with Identiflight to apply this recently capacity within the existing Snowy Scheme by developed innovative technology to reduce linking the Tantangara and Talbingo reservoirs impacts on the Tasmanian Wedge-tailed with tunnels feeding a new underground Eagle. power station. Snowy 2.0 Main Works has a capital investment value of $4,5bil and will We look forward to sharing the results of this create 1500 construction jobs. first Australian trial following installation.’ said John. Page 3 (Click on relevant project links to go to online Project Database) Pumped hydro power station constructed – meaning dams, pipeline easements and transmission connections are aims to double capacity already in place. 30 October Nestled in the NSW Southern Highlands STORAGE A KEY PART OF FUTURE ENERGY 150kms south of Sydney, Origin’s Shoalhaven MIX pumped hydro scheme is a quiet achiever. Whether delivered by big batteries, solar, hydrogen or other technologies, there is no One of Australia’s few examples of