Bungala Solar PV Project

Construction

Trenching for water services to O&M building, water tank and warehouse.

Trenching for SCADA and communication cables.

Construction

HV connections at Switch Rm taking place.

Power Stations Installed in feeder 1.

Trackers installation in Feeder 3.      

HV Trench in Feeder 3 progressing.

Trackers and HV Trench in Feeder 2 progressing.

Ware house frames have been installed and the 291000ltr water storage tank is nearing completion

Construction

HV cable being installed in BG2 Switch Room.

Tracker installation progressing well.

PV panel installation progressing.

Cable tray installation in progress.

Bungala #1 291000 ltr Fire Water Storage tank next to the O&M Building is in progress

Bungala #1 Warehouse Foundation is nearing completion, cementing should be tomorrowouse

Bungala #1 Field Fire Water Tanks foundations getting prepared

Bungala #1 CCTV work continues, earthing grids in progress around site on Bungala #1

Combiner Box and DC Trenching installation

Construction

HV Cable pulling for Feeder 3

Trench digging for CCTV 

Construction

Feeder 1 HV cable being installed.

Approximately 20,000 PV Panels have been installed in Feeder 1.

On June, 27^th the Minister of Industry and Skills, David Pisoni, came to visit the Bungala Solar Farm expressing his fully support to the local employment program that Enel Green Power is implementing in partnership with the Government of South Australia, Bungala Aboriginal Corporation, Workskill and CEG.

“This project provides enormous opportunities for our local Aboriginal community, supporting skills development and providing long-term career outcomes. South Australia offers an ideal climate for renewable energy projects and we look forward to our ongoing relationship with Enel Green Power.” The Hon David Pisoni MP, Minister for Industry and Skills

CEG and workskill are performing in the selection process in collaboration with Workskill in these days.

On June, 27th, the Ministry of Industry and Skills of the Government of South Australia will come to visit the Solar Farm, with a delegation of Enel Green Power. The visit will be the occasion to show him the progress of the construction activities of the solar farm and to describe the local employment project that will invole 70 Aboriginal People, that will be trained thanks to a partnership with the Minisktry of Industry and Skills.

Logistics

Deliveries up to now

479 containers of Trackers and piles

212 containers of PV solar panels

19 Power Stations

10 containers of combiner boxes

9 containers of cable ladders

28 containers of electrical cable

1 container of Fibre optic cable.

Construction

Solar trackers being installed

The Board of BAC (Bungala Aboriginal Corporation), with the CEO, Mr. Robert Laundy and some representative people from the Government of South Australia and from the Port Augusta City Council, have visited the Bungala Solar Farm with a delegation of Enel Green Power. During the visit, they have visited the stage 1 and the stage 2.

In collaboration with the plant contractor, BAC and the Minister of Industry and Skills of the Government of South Australia, EGP is implementing a local employment project finalized to provide with a professional training around 70 Aboriginal people that will start to work in the Bungala Solar Farm. BAC and CEG, in collaboration with the plant contractor, will start the selection process in the next weeks.

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Construction

Concrete being poured for Power Station 62 in Feeder 2

Pile installation progressing well utilising 7 Pile drivers.

Solar Panel Trackers being installed in Feeder 1

Switch room installation progressing well.

High Voltage trenching For Feeder 1 nearing completion.

Logistics

Avoiding the use of trucks and reducing the problem of the dust, freight train arrived at Bungala overnight with approx. 20 Power Stations.

Construction

Pile installation progressing well utilising 8 Pile drivers.

Switch room installation progressing well.

 High Voltage trenching started today 24/05/2018