Columboola Solar Farm (COLUMSF1)

Solar · Luminous Energy · Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service QLD1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 30 days
217 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
30 days revenue
$870.4k
Capacity factor
15.2%
Revenue / MWh
$36.71
Est. SRMC
$0.32/MWh

Energy flow

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

Key information
Capacity
217 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

pv magazine Australia, 2022-01-13: Columboola Solar Farm successfully connected to network; Powerlink said final testing and commissioning would continue in coming months, and the project was commissioned on 2023-10-01 per prompt.

Region QLD1
Coordinates —

Luminous Energy project page / Columboola Solar Farm site described as approximately 10 km north-east of Miles, Queensland; no precise coordinates found in provided results.

MLF 0.9865
DUID COLUMSF1
Owner Luminous Energy
Commissioned Oct 2023
Expected closure 2046
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Single axis tracking
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM unknown
Module / inverter supplier SMA
Inverter OEM SMA
Inverter model Sunny Central inverter / MVPS 5500-S-AU
Equipment confidence high
Stats window
15 May 2026 05:40 → 14 Jun 2026 05:40 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

15 May 2026 05:40 → 14 Jun 2026 05:40 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$870.4k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
23,708.0 MWh
Available
23,708.0 MWh
Curtailed
— MWh
Curtailment
0.0%
of available
MLF used
0.9865
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 0.9718
2025-07-01 0.9865

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
217 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.32/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$307.69M

Shown in table
$307.69M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$240.00M (2020 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Official owner site reports a project construction deal value of $240 million, which is the best plant-specific greenfield capex figure found.

Reference
Columboola Solar | Luminous Energy (high confidence)
Source recorded 07 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$1,416,305

Shown in table
$1.42M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.10M (2020 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Derived from the reported project cost and the generator capacity provided by the user.

Reference
Columboola Solar | Luminous Energy (high confidence)
Source recorded 07 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$5.57M

Shown in table
$5.57M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$4.35M (2020 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$25,641

Shown in table
$25.6k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$20.0k (2020 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
No plant-specific fixed O&M value found; used server-side fallback default as instructed.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.32

Shown in table
$0.32 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.25 (2020 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
No plant-specific variable O&M value found; used server-side fallback default as instructed.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 07 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield construction cost reported by Luminous Energy as a $240 million deal for the site, completed at end-2022. Using the reported deal value as nominal 2020 construction cost year/announcement year. Fixed O&M was not found for this specific plant; fallback solar tracking O&M default used. Asset life set to 40 years based on AEMO utility-scale solar farm assumptions.

Sources