Hamilton Solar Farm (HAMISF1)

Solar · Hamilton Solar Farm Pty Ltd · Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Dispatch stats Financials

Operational AEMO: In Service QLD1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 30 days

58 MW

Registered nameplate capacity

30 days revenue

$389.5k

Capacity factor

17.6%

Revenue / MWh

$53.31

Est. SRMC

$18.64/MWh

Energy flow

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

Capacity

58 MW

AEMO status In Service

Project status Operational (AI)

Penn Group project page (commercial operation achieved August 2014)

Region QLD1

Coordinates -20.48300, 148.07300 (AI)

Gentari / Edify / Wikipedia snippets place the site near Collinsville, North Queensland

MLF 0.9385

DUID HAMISF1

Owner Hamilton Solar Farm Pty Ltd

Commissioned —

Expected closure 2048

Closure date —

Technology Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Fuel Solar - Solar

Module OEM Canadian Solar

Module / inverter supplier modules; supplied by Penn

Inverter OEM Advanced Energy

Inverter model central inverter

Equipment confidence medium

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 16:45 → 13 Jun 2026 16:45 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)

$389.5k

FCAS revenue (× MLF)

FCAS volume

— MWh

Dispatched

7,306.9 MWh

Available

8,191.0 MWh

Curtailed

957.3 MWh

Curtailment

11.7%

of available

MLF used

0.9385

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 from	MLF
2024-07-01	0.9305
2025-07-01	0.9385

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.

Capex total (greenfield)	$166.89M Shown in table $166.89M (2026 real AUD) Reported / source value $123.50M (2017 nominal) Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups). How this was derived Reported project cost for the 57.5MW project closely associated with Hamilton Solar Farm; used as the best available site-matched greenfield capex figure. Reference ARENA Large Scale Solar Projects 2017 brochure (high confidence) Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment	—
Capex / MW derived	$2,902,468 Shown in table $2.90M (2026 real AUD) Reported / source value $2.15M (2017 nominal) Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups). How this was derived Derived per-MW capex using the reported project cost and the site-matched 57.5MW capacity. Reference ARENA Large Scale Solar Projects 2017 brochure (high confidence) Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)	—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default	$20,000 Shown in table $20.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh	$18.64 Shown in table $18.64 (2026 real AUD) Reported / source value $13.79 (2017 nominal) Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups). How this was derived Accessible excerpt shows an annual variable O&M benchmark in the AEMO/Aurecon report; used as a fallback benchmark. Reference 2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (medium confidence) Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fuel cost / GJ	—
Heat rate GJ/MWh	—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 08 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield project cost found for the combined Whitsunday/Hamilton solar portfolio in ARENA documentation: Whitsunday Solar Farm project cost $123.5m for 57.5MW, which is the best available reported project-level figure matched to this site's registered capacity. Hamilton Solar Farm is described by Edify as a 69.0MW DC single-axis tracking project and commenced operation in March/July 2018 depending on source. No separate Hamilton-only total project cost was found. Fixed O&M not extracted from the accessible source text; AEMO/Aurecon 2024 report provides a utility-scale solar O&M benchmark but the searchable excerpt here only exposed a combined fixed O&M value for another technology, so fixed O&M is left null pending review.

Sources

asset_life_years — Hamilton Queensland Solar Farm poster (medium)
capex_per_mw_aud — ARENA Large Scale Solar Projects 2017 brochure (high)
capex_total_aud — ARENA Large Scale Solar Projects 2017 brochure (high)
capex_year — ARENA Large Scale Solar Projects 2017 brochure (high)
operating_status — Hamilton Solar Farm (medium)
technology_identity — Hamilton Solar Farm (high)
variable_opex_per_mwh_aud — 2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (medium)