Lower Wonga Solar Farm
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| country = Australia
| location = Lower Wonga, Queensland
| status = Proposed
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| cost = $2billion
| owner = SolarQ
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| solar_type = PV
| ps_site_area = {{convert|17|sqkm}}
| ps_electrical_capacity= 350 MW (Initial)
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The Lower Wonga Solar Farm is a proposed photovoltaic power station, located in the rural locality of Lower Wonga, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. If the station is completed to its final configuration of 3 million solar panels capable of powering about 315,000 homes, it would become Australia's largest solar power station.{{cite web |url=http://reneweconomy.com.au/solarq-plans-350mw-solar-farm-storage-south-east-queensland-67103/ |title=SolarQ plans 350MW solar farm with storage in south-east Queensland |date=April 19, 2017 |publisher=Renew Economy |author=Giles Parkinson |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420193912/http://reneweconomy.com.au/solarq-plans-350mw-solar-farm-storage-south-east-queensland-67103/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/sunny-welcome-for-solar-power-interest/3126008/|title=Sunny welcome for solar power interest|last=Gorrie|first=Arthur Gorrie|date=23 December 2016|work=Gympie Times|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422035411/https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/sunny-welcome-for-solar-power-interest/3126008/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/breaking-australias-biggest-solar-farm-planned-for/3168073/#/0|title=BREAKING: Australia's biggest solar farm planned for Gympie|last=Klein|first=Frances|date=19 April 2017|work=Gympie Times|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422040922/https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/breaking-australias-biggest-solar-farm-planned-for/3168073/#/0|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/mega-solar-farm-planned-for-gympie-qld/8451774|title=Queensland company lodges plan to build Australia's biggest solar farm near Gympie|last=Atkinson|first=Bruce|date=19 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421021135/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/mega-solar-farm-planned-for-gympie-qld/8451774|url-status=live}}
Location
The Lower Wonga Solar Farm would be located on previously cleared lands used for grazing, on the corner of the Wide Bay Highway and Gympie Woolooga Road, Lower Wonga, Queensland. The farm site is also located next to the Woolooga Substation and transmission lines, providing a cheap and easy point to distribute power into the grid.
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