Site |
Wodonga, state of Victoria, Australia |
Investor and operator of concentrating solar heat plant |
Mars Petcare, Australia |
Collector type |
Parabolic trough collectors with a trough width of 5.77 m |
Thermal capacity of solar heat plant |
18 MWth |
Collector aperture area |
28,000 m² |
EPC for solar collector field |
Azteq, Belgium |
Engineering of solar collector field |
Solarlite, subsidiary of Azteq, Germany |
Temperature of solar steam provided to factory |
245 °C |
Steam storage capacity |
150 MWh |
Predicted annual production output |
26.4 GWh per year |
Specific solar yield |
943 kWh/m² per year |
Total investment for collector field including storage tank |
AUD 39 million / 25.2 million USD |
Specific investment costs of solar field including storage |
900 USD/m² aperture area |
Subsidy from Australian Renewable Energy Agency |
AUD 17 million |
Planned start of construction of the collector field |
Beginning of 2025 |
Planned regular operation |
2nd quarter of 2026 |