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Manilla Solar is a community solar project planned in North West NSW

Meet the Project

aerial photo of Manilla and surrounds, with the 5 Mega Watt solar farm with storage highlighted south of Manilla.

Project Overview

SIZE
4.6 MWAC / 6.8 MWDC
10 MW Battery
APPROVALS
DA + Grid Connection
CAS Agreement
LEASE AGREED
STRONG LOCAL SUPPORT
BUDGET
$15,000,000
4.6 Mega Watt solar farm with storage. Situated south of Manilla. The farm will be enclosed in a screening of trees and once mature, will not be visible from Tamworth road.
Overhead view of the Manilla Solar project - with close-up detail for the project road and site planOverhead view of the Manilla Solar project - the cut out section details the project road and site plan.

Single axis tracking

The panel arrays are designed to utilise single axis tracking solar technology, where the panels face East in the morning and rotate to face West in the afternoon to increase production by approximately 20% compared to fixed solar panels.

Battery Storage

The solar farm also has plans for an approximate 2 hour battery, subject to final design and finance.

The project was conceptualised as a community-led project by Manilla Community Renewable Energy Inc (MCRE) and was developed in collaboration with Providence Asset Group (PAG) (now Providence Climate Capital).

In April 2024, the community bought out the development rights from PAG to give the project new direction and impetus, supported by Komo Energy.

The project now seeks funding from sources, with a view to allow community investors to buy-in once constructed. To learn more about this, please download the Co-Investment EOI document.

Meet the Team

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Manilla Community Renewable Energy Inc.
MCRE is a not for profit community group started in 2013. The group aims are:
  • Build a community owned solar and storage energy plant.
  • Develop a blueprint to share our knowledge with communities across the North West and Australia
  • Celebrate our community with events like Renewable Manilla, 100 Mile Dinner
MCRE meet monthly and have recently opened The Community Hub at 116 Manilla St. We welcome new members.
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Komo Energy
Komo Energy provides development and delivery services for Community Solar projects. This has included the Grong Grong Solar Farm and Goulburn Community Solar Farm in recent years.
Community projects include:
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