据能源世界网5月6日墨尔本报道，法国电力生产商Neoen SA周三表示，将斥资5.7亿澳元(约合3.67亿美元)建造澳大利亚最大的太阳能电场。此前，该公司已与一家国有电力公司签订了大部分电力供应的合同。

昆士兰州的CleanCo已同意从昆士兰州东南部的Western Downs太阳能发电场购买320兆瓦的电量，这将有助于该州2030年实现其可再生能源占50％的目标。

该州的财政部长杰基·塔德（Jacki Trad）在一份声明中表示，当我们的经济摆脱了covid-19的最坏影响时，我们需要准备创造就业机会和刺激支出的好项目，尤其是昆士兰地区。

Neoen将澳大利亚视为其主要增长市场之一，该公司表示，预计将于7月在Western Downs太阳能电场开始建设，该项目的将于2022年第一季度开始发电。

这家独立发电商将太阳能发电场的发电量定为460至480兆瓦光伏发电量，这将是澳大利亚最大的，并表示CleanCo同意购买352兆瓦。

Neoen在澳大利亚已拥有六个太阳能电场，三个风电场以及世界上最大的锂离子电池。

郝芬 译自 能源世界网

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French power producer Neoen to build Australia's biggest solar farm

French power producer Neoen SA said on Wednesday it will build Australia's largest solar farm for A$570 million ($367 million), after lining up a contract to sell most of the power to a state-owned electricity company.

The state of Queensland's CleanCo has agreed to buy 320 megawatts of capacity from the Western Downs solar farm in southeast Queensland, which will help the state make progress on its target of 50% renewable energy by 2030, the government said.

"As our economy emerges from the worst impact of COVID-19, we need projects ready to go that will create jobs and stimulate spending, especially in regional Queensland," the state's treasurer, Jacki Trad, said in a statement.

Neoen, which sees Australia as one of its key growth markets, said it expects to begin construction on the Western Downs solar farm in July, with generation from the project due to start in the first quarter of 2022.

The independent power producer rated the solar farm at 460 to 480 megawatts photovoltaic (MWp) capacity, which would be the largest in Australia, and said CleanCo agreed to buy 352 MWp.

Neoen already has six solar farms, three wind farms and the world's biggest lithium-ion battery in Australia.