Sun Metals Corporation Solar Farm (SMCSF1)

Solar · Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd · Solar PV - Fixed

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service QLD1 Solar - Solar NEM data · 24 hours
143 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
24 hours revenue
$10.1k
Capacity factor
7.9%
Revenue / MWh
$37.26
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
143 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

AEMO/market records indicate the asset is In Service; no contrary construction/commissioning evidence found in available sources.

Region QLD1
Coordinates -19.30800, 146.74700 (AI)

Approximate site location near Sun Metals Industrial Estate, Townsville/Thuringowa, Queensland (public project references and mapping context; precise coordinates not found).

MLF 1.0151
DUID SMCSF1
Owner Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2042
Closure date —
Technology Solar PV - Fixed
Fuel Solar - Solar
Module OEM Trina Solar
Module / inverter supplier PV module supplier
Inverter OEM Sungrow
Inverter model string inverter
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
12 Jun 2026 14:05 → 13 Jun 2026 14:05 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

12 Jun 2026 14:05 → 13 Jun 2026 14:05 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$10.1k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
270.3 MWh
Available
162.4 MWh
Curtailed
— MWh
Curtailment
0.0%
of available
MLF used
1.0151
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 1.0159
2025-07-01 1.0151

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
143 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$264.55M

Shown in table
$264.55M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$200.00M (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Owner article gives a slightly different nominal investment figure and plant rating, likely reflecting a different capacity basis or rounding.

Reference
Sun Metals Corporation finds a sustainable future in Australia | Sun Metals (high confidence)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$1,850,002

Shown in table
$1.85M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.40M (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Calculated from the owner-reported total cost and stated 143MWAC size.

Reference
Renewables | Sun Metals (high confidence)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$2.27M

Shown in table
$2.27M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.72M (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$15,873

Shown in table
$15.9k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$12.0k (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
The accessible excerpt is for small-size/commercial PV, so it is not a clean utility-scale fixed PV benchmark for this generator and was therefore not used in the core financial fields.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review report - Solar (low confidence)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.00

Shown in table
$0.00 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.00 (2018 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 04 Jun 2026

Notes
Owner sources consistently describe the project as a ~$200 million solar farm, with Sun Metals citing $200 million to build its 143MWAC solar farm and an earlier Sun Metals article citing A$201 million for a 124MW solar farm. Commissioning appears to have been in May/August 2018, but the exact commissioned date was not required for capex. No plant-specific O&M was found, so large-scale solar PV O&M was not fully verified here; a conservative fixed O&M placeholder from AEMO/CSIRO-style benchmark material was not adopted into fixed_opex_annual_aud because the source excerpt available did not clearly isolate utility-scale fixed PV O&M for this plant size.

Sources