Bolivar Waste Water Treatment (BOWWPV1)

Solar · South Australian Water Corporation · Solar PV - Fixed

Operational AEMO: In Service SA1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 30 days
8 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
30 days revenue
$40.2k
Capacity factor
10.7%
Revenue / MWh
$62.89
Est. SRMC
$0.23/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. SA1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
8 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

CME Group Australia project page states scope delivered for the Bolivar WWTP Solar Farm; ESCOSA notes the plant was commissioned/in service by 2022.

Region SA1
Coordinates -34.77700, 138.56300 (AI)

Bolivar WWTP site location inferred from SA Water / project references to Hodgson Rd, Bolivar, SA 5110 and the Bolivar WWTP site.

MLF 0.9999
DUID BOWWPV1
Owner South Australian Water Corporation
Commissioned Oct 2022
Expected closure 2045
Closure date
Technology Solar PV - Fixed
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM JA Solar
Module / inverter supplier JA Solar panels / SMA inverters
Inverter OEM SMA
Inverter model 2.75MW inverter platform (model not documented)
Equipment confidence high
Stats window
14 May 2026 23:25 → 13 Jun 2026 23:25 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 23:25 → 13 Jun 2026 23:25 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$40.2k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
MWh
Dispatched
638.5 MWh
Available
641.4 MWh
Curtailed
4.0 MWh
Curtailment
0.6%
of available
MLF used
0.9999
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional pricedispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
  • Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
  • FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
  • Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
  • Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.
MLF history (AEMO daily)
Effective fromMLF
2024-07-01 1.0004
2025-07-01 0.9999

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 (fixed)
Capacity
8 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.23/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$10.60M

Shown in table
$10.60M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$9.08M (2022 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Computed as 1.1m AUD/MW × 8.25 MW using the provided internal technology default because no AEMO/CSIRO CAPEX benchmark for this exact configuration was extracted from the retrieved documents.

Capex refurbishment
Capex / MW derived
$1,285,047

Shown in table
$1.29M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.10M (2022 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Applied internal default as AEMO/CSIRO benchmark numbers were not successfully extracted for the solar_fixed cost line items.

Fixed OPEX (annual)
$173.5k

Shown in table
$173.5k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$148.5k (2022 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Calculated from fixed OPEX per MW-year default and generator capacity.

Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$21,028

Shown in table
$21.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$18.0k (2022 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Applied internal default because plant-specific or benchmark fixed O&M ($/MW/yr) was not extracted for this unit.

Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.23

Shown in table
$0.23 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.20 (2022 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Applied internal default; retrieved AEMO solar parameter documents indicated variable O&M may be treated as included in fixed for some hypothetical plants, but no extractable $/MWh for this case was applied.

Fuel cost / GJ
Heat rate GJ/MWh

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

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield CAPEX and O&M/fuel/performance parameters were not found in the web results provided; therefore technology defaults were applied. No major refurbishment/brownfield upgrade costs were found, so refurbishment fields remain null.

Sources