Sun Metals Solar Farm Townsville

Sun metals corporation smc will deliver hundreds of jobs to queensland following state government approval of a 300 million expansion to its refinery near townsville.

Sun metals solar farm townsville. Sun metals is the australian subsidiary of korea zinc company limited which produces 10 per cent of the world s zinc from plants in korea the. The opening of the 125 mw solar farm at the sun metals zinc refinery which is expected to cover one third of the company energy needs was attended by queensland premier annastacia palaszczuk. Sun metals is a subsidiary of korea zinc they ve already spent around 1b on the townsville zinc refinery and according to the courier mail the 116mw the sun metals solar farm provides will account for around 1 3 of their energy needs so there s plenty of room to expand. Sun metals owner korea.

We produce a special high grade zinc which meets stringent quality standards required under our registration with the london metal exchange. Ross river solar farm is a significant investment that will help to reshape australia s energy future. The 124mwac solar power station will supply equivalent to around one third of the electricity needed by the sun metals zinc refinery which is located approximately 15 kilometres south of townsville. Our zinc refinery built in 1996 is located 15km south of the city of townsville in north queensland australia.

Sun metals has already built a dedicated 125mw solar farm near its zinc refinery in townsville which will deliver as much as 30 per cent of the plant s energy needs and significantly cut. Industry is getting right behind the solar industry combining the two to help with their power generation palaszczuk said at the opening. The second stage would include the expansion of sun metals townsville refinery using cutting edge technology to provide a 25 per cent increase in zinc production. The sun metals solar farm is a photovoltaic solar power station near townsville in the australian state of queensland it supplies some of the electricity consumed by the nearby sun metals a subsidiary of korea zinc zinc refinery as well as exporting to the national electricity market when the sun metals solar farm started exporting electricity to the grid in may 2018 it took over from clare.