Childers Solar Farm (CHILDSF1)

Solar · Childers Solar Pty Ltd as trustee for the Childers Solar Trust · Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service QLD1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 24 hours
64 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
24 hours revenue
$8.2k
Capacity factor
13.5%
Revenue / MWh
$39.58
Est. SRMC
$0.34/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. QLD1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
64 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Atmos Renewables project page / GlobalData profile: commercial operations reached in June 2019.

Region QLD1
Coordinates -25.25300, 152.21600 (AI)

Atmos Renewables / OX2 project page: located approximately 75km south of Bundaberg, QLD / 65km south of Bundaberg, Queensland.

MLF 0.9523
DUID CHILDSF1
Owner Childers Solar Pty Ltd as trustee for the Childers Solar Trust
Commissioned Jun 2019
Expected closure 2049
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Single axis tracking
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM BYD
Module / inverter supplier PV modules
Inverter OEM —
Inverter model —
Equipment confidence high
Stats window
25 Sep 2026 00:35 → 26 Sep 2026 00:35 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

25 Sep 2026 00:35 → 26 Sep 2026 00:35 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$8.2k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
208.1 MWh
Available
— MWh
Curtailed
— MWh
Curtailment
—
of available
MLF used
0.9523
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.
  • State of charge — INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE (MWh at interval start) from UNIT_SOLUTION, published for bidirectional/storage units. Next-day data — the SOC line lags real time by up to a day.
  • 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 0.9828
2025-07-01 0.9772
2026-07-01 0.9523
2026-07-13 0.9523

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
64 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.34/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$283.78M

Shown in table
$283.78M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$210.00M (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Construction/completion article citing a $175 million Childers Solar Farm figure, which conflicts with the earlier $210 million approval figure.

Reference
$175M Solar farm opens in Wide Bay region (medium confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$4,407,949

Shown in table
$4.41M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$3.26M (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$1.74M

Shown in table
$1.74M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.29M (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$27,027

Shown in table
$27.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$20.0k (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Server-side fallback default used because no plant-specific O&M benchmark was confirmed for this asset.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.34

Shown in table
$0.34 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.25 (2017 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Server-side fallback default used because no plant-specific variable O&M benchmark was confirmed for this asset.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 06 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield capex was found in media coverage of the project as a $210 million approval/ project figure for Childers Solar Farm. A separate source also refers to it as a $175 million Childers Solar Farm, creating uncertainty about whether those figures reflect different scope/capacity states or reporting errors. Capacity used for per-MW calculation is the registered DUID capacity of 64.38 MW. No plant-specific O&M, fuel, heat-rate, or emissions data beyond zero direct emissions for solar PV was found, so O&M uses the provided fallback default.

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