Baking Board Solar Farm Chinchilla (BAKING1)

Solar · Chinchilla Solar Pty Ltd · Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Dispatch stats Financials
In Service QLD1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 24 hours
15 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh

Stats window 03 Jun 2026 16:15 → 04 Jun 2026 16:15 AEST

Key information
Capacity
15 MW
Status In Service
Lifecycle Operating
Region QLD1
DUID BAKING1
Owner Chinchilla Solar Pty Ltd
Commissioned Sep 2018
Expected closure 2025-07-02
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Single axis tracking
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM —
Module / inverter supplier —
Inverter OEM —
Inverter model —

Dispatch & revenue

03 Jun 2026 16:15 → 04 Jun 2026 16:15 AEST

No dispatch data for DUID BAKING1 in this period.

Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Solar (tracking)
Capacity
15 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$32.40M

How this was derived
Reported nominal project value/capex for Chinchilla Solar Farm at commercial operations, including development scope.

Reference
IIG Solar Asset Fund - Information Memorandum (2nd Round) (high confidence)
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW
$2,204,082

How this was derived
Per-MW figure is a calculation using reported capex and the user's supplied AC capacity; source reports project value and DC capacity.

Reference
IIG Solar Asset Fund - Information Memorandum (2nd Round) (medium confidence)
Capex / MWh storage
—
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$238.8k

How this was derived
Because the CSF fixed annual O&M fee is not public, a current AEMO/Aurecon mid-size solar default is used as an estimate.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review - Solar (medium confidence)
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$16,245

How this was derived
Per-MW AC estimate is derived from the AEMO/Aurecon DC-based default and the user's 14.7 MW capacity.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review - Solar (medium confidence)
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.00

How this was derived
Variable O&M is modelled as zero separately because AEMO/Aurecon includes it within fixed O&M for the solar default.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review - Solar (medium confidence)
Fuel cost / GJ
$0.00

How this was derived
No fuel supply arrangement is applicable for the solar PV project; revenue arrangements are electricity and LGC market sales.

Reference
IIG Solar Asset Fund - Information Memorandum (2nd Round) (high confidence)
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

How this was derived
Solar PV converts solar energy to electricity without a combustible fuel heat input, so heat rate is not meaningful.

Reference
Emissions and energy types (medium confidence)

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 04 Jun 2026

Notes
Generator-specific capex is available from the IIG Solar Asset Fund Information Memorandum for Chinchilla Solar Farm (CSF): A$32.4 million all-in development cost expected at commencement of commercial operations, for a 19.9 MWdc single-axis tracking project. Capex per MW is calculated against the user's supplied registered capacity of 14.7 MW AC: 32.4m / 14.7 = A$2.204m/MW AC; on a DC basis it is about A$1.628m/MWdc. Exact generator-specific O&M dollar fee was not disclosed; the IM says Gildemeister O&M was for a fixed annual fee escalating with CPI and with a 98% performance guarantee. Therefore fixed O&M is estimated using AEMO/Aurecon 2025 mid-size 20 MW ground-mount solar default of A$12,000/MWp DC/year, applied to reported 19.9 MWdc = A$238,800/year; per MW-year shown in profile is this annual estimate divided by 14.7 MW AC. Variable O&M is set to 0 because the AEMO/Aurecon solar default includes variable O&M in the fixed component. Heat rate and thermal efficiency are not applicable to solar PV. Emissions intensity is direct operational Scope 1 only and set to zero for a non-combustion solar PV generator. Closure/refurbishment: project documents assumed 30-year asset life, 30-year lease series, and export services to September 2047; AEMO/Aurecon notes utility solar may be extended toward 40 years subject to condition assessment, with possible inverter, tracker/pile, substation and SCADA refurbishments. Public sources conflict or are incomplete on current status: GEM lists the plant as operating, AEMO 2026-27 MLF still lists BAKING1, while Nemstats search results showed an expected closure date in 2025 and its opened page showed capacity 0/no recent dispatch; this needs direct verification from the latest AEMO generation/closure spreadsheets or market data.

Sources