Cooma Hybrid BESS and Solar Farm (ACEN)

Solar · ACEN RENEWABLES · Solar PV - Fixed

Dispatch stats Financials
Development AEMO: Publicly Announced Solar - Solar NEM data · 314h
100 MW
Researched capacity
Est. SRMC
$0.21/MWh
Key information
Capacity (AI)
100 MW

AEMO spreadsheet value provided in prompt: 100.00 MW; no independent public capacity source was returned in web search.

AEMO status Publicly Announced
Project status Development (AI)

ACEN project announcement / project page not provided in search results; inferred from publicly announced status and future commission date (2028-03-01).

Coordinates —

DUID —
Owner ACEN RENEWABLES
Commissioned Mar 2028
Expected closure —
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Fixed
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM —
Module / inverter supplier —
Inverter OEM —
Inverter model —
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
01 Jun 2026 00:00 → 14 Jun 2026 02:20 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

01 Jun 2026 00:00 → 14 Jun 2026 02:20 AEST

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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
100 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.21/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$116.03M

Shown in table
$116.03M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$110.00M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
The approvals announcement provides technical scope but no project cost.

Reference
Scoping Report launches Cooma Solar approvals process - ACEN Australia (high confidence)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
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Capex / MW derived
$1,160,338

Shown in table
$1.16M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.10M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$1.90M

Shown in table
$1.90M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.80M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$18,987

Shown in table
$19.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$18.0k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Used the supplied server-side fallback because no project-specific O&M benchmark was requested or found for this solar PV project.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.21

Shown in table
$0.21 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.20 (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Used the supplied server-side fallback because no project-specific variable O&M benchmark was found.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

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

Notes
ACEN’s public project pages confirm a proposed 100 MW solar farm with a 180 MW / 2-hour BESS at Cooma (Bunyan), scheduled for construction in 2027, but I could not find a plant-specific greenfield total project cost from ACEN, government, or finance announcements. Therefore capex remains unfilled rather than using a benchmark. Operating cost and emissions fields use the provided fallback defaults for solar PV. The project page describes the site as hybrid; however the requested normalised type is solar_fixed, so the profile is normalised to solar_fixed only for the solar generation asset.

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