Broken Hill Solar Plant (BROKENH1)

Solar · PARF Company 6 Pty Limited · Solar PV - Fixed

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service NSW1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 30 days
53 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
30 days revenue
$356.8k
Capacity factor
16.2%
Revenue / MWh
$57.71
Est. SRMC
$0.28/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. NSW1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
53 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Power Technology (Dec 2021) says Broken Hill Solar Park was commissioned in September 2015 and is active/operational.

Region NSW1
Coordinates -31.98720, 141.39350 (AI)

Global Energy Monitor map pin for Broken Hill solar farm gives lat -31.9872, lon 141.3935; AGL says the site is about 5 km southwest of Broken Hill township.

MLF 0.8642
DUID BROKENH1
Owner PARF Company 6 Pty Limited
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2043
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Fixed
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM First Solar
Module / inverter supplier First Solar
Inverter OEM —
Inverter model —
Equipment confidence high
Stats window
14 May 2026 19:55 → 13 Jun 2026 19:55 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 19:55 → 13 Jun 2026 19:55 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$356.8k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
6,181.8 MWh
Available
6,696.4 MWh
Curtailed
528.4 MWh
Curtailment
7.9%
of available
MLF used
0.8642
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 price — dispatch_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 0.7784
2025-07-01 0.8642

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
53 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.28/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$209.50M

Shown in table
$209.50M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$150.00M (2015 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
AGL explicitly states the Broken Hill Solar Plant cost about $150 million, which is the best plant-specific greenfield capex figure.

Reference
First modules installed at AGL's Broken Hill Solar Plant (high confidence)
Source recorded 05 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$3,952,777

Shown in table
$3.95M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$2.83M (2015 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Calculated as 150,000,000 ÷ 53 MW for the site-specific plant capex intensity.

Reference
First modules installed at AGL's Broken Hill Solar Plant (high confidence)
Source recorded 05 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$1.33M

Shown in table
$1.33M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$954.0k (2015 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Calculated as 18,000 × 53 MW using the provided default fallback.
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$25,140

Shown in table
$25.1k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$18.0k (2015 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
No plant-specific O&M disclosure was located in the available sources, so the provided internal fallback was used.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.28

Shown in table
$0.28 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.20 (2015 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
No plant-specific variable O&M disclosure was located in the available sources, so the provided internal fallback was used.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 05 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield construction cost was reported by AGL as approximately $150 million for the 53 MW Broken Hill Solar Plant. Broader project announcements also stated the combined Nyngan + Broken Hill project cost was approximately $440 million, so a combined-project figure should not be used as this site's standalone capex. Ownership/operations have since changed to PARF/Tilt-related arrangements, but the capex value is for original greenfield construction.

Sources