Hughenden Sun Farm (HUGSF1)

Solar · Hughenden Solar Pty Ltd as Trustee for Hughenden Solar Trust · Solar PV - Single axis tracking

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service QLD1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 20h
21 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
20h revenue
$686
Capacity factor
7.5%
Revenue / MWh
$21.81
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh

Energy flow

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

Key information
Capacity
21 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

CS Energy 2018 / BayWa r.e. project page: Hughenden Solar Farm started operation in 2018 and is operational.

Region QLD1
Coordinates -20.84400, 144.19900 (AI)

Project pages and summaries place Hughenden Solar Farm on the outskirts of Hughenden, Queensland; precise plant coordinates not clearly documented in retrieved sources.

MLF 0.9516
DUID HUGSF1
Owner Hughenden Solar Pty Ltd as Trustee for Hughenden Solar Trust
Commissioned Apr 2022
Expected closure 2048
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Single axis tracking
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM LONGi
Module / inverter supplier PV modules / inverter supplier
Inverter OEM Sungrow
Inverter model SG20RT
Equipment confidence medium
Stats window
13 Jun 2026 00:00 → 13 Jun 2026 19:35 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

13 Jun 2026 00:00 → 13 Jun 2026 19:35 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$686
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
31.4 MWh
Available
— MWh
Curtailed
0.3 MWh
Curtailment
—
of available
MLF used
0.9516
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 0.9385
2025-07-01 0.9516

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
21 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$27.93M

Shown in table
$27.93M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$27.26M (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$1,331,967

Shown in table
$1.33M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.30M (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$257.8k

Shown in table
$257.8k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$252.0k (2025 nominal)
Table total may differ if recalculated from $/MW × registered capacity after CPI adjustment.
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$12,295

Shown in table
$12.3k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$12.0k (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Primary benchmark for solar PV fixed O&M and variable O&M treatment.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review – Solar (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.00

Shown in table
$0.00 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.00 (2025 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

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

Notes
No plant-specific greenfield construction cost for Hughenden Sun Farm/HUGSF1 was found in the searched official and public sources. AEMO/CSIRO benchmark assumptions were used for operating cost only: fixed O&M of AUD 12,000 per MW DC-year for a 20 MW ground-mount single-axis tracking solar PV project, with variable O&M included in fixed O&M. Using the plant's 20.97 MW capacity gives an estimated fixed O&M of AUD 251,970/year. Asset life assumed at 30 years per AEMO hypothetical solar PV project. Capex left null because project-specific reported capex was not located and benchmark capex should not be used where a plant-specific figure is absent from the search set.

Sources