# Solar project racks up 50 farms in South Australia

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/05/solar-project-racks-up-50-farms-in-south-australia/
- Published: 2019-05-30T20:51:37-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

A renewable energy project that started as a way to provide extra income for grape
and citrus growers has built its 50th small-scale solar farm in [South Australia](https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/05/an-australian-company-ace-ev-beginning-assembling-electric-vehicles-in-adelaide-south-australia-for-export/).

Renmark – based Yates Electrical Services began its Red Mud Green Energy project
three years ago. So with the first 187 kW commercial farm joining the electricity
grid in September 2016.

![This renewable energy project recently built 2mw solar farm on 2 5 hectares near
port pirie features 8000 solar panels](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/
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Living Guy")

This recently built 2MW solar farm on 25 hectares near Port Pirie features 8000 
solar panels

Since then, 50 farms have been built up to 1MW in size on sites ranging in area 
from 4000sq m (1 acre) to 2 hectares (5 acres). About 80 per cent of the renewable
energy projects (farms) are in the Riverland. However plants have also been built
in other parts of the state. That’s including Eyre Peninsula and the Mid North.

Yates Electrical Services Managing Director Mark Yates said the farms had delivered
between 14 and 19 per cent return on investment. All for clients by selling the 
energy and the LGCs (large-scale generation certificates) on the National Electricity
Market.

“The Red Mud side of things is still humming along – we’ve got about 10 sites under
construction and that business is going strong.

The Riverland is about 250 km east of the South Australian capitol Adelaide. It 
also stretches for 120 km. All along the banks of Australia’s biggest river, the
Murray.

Originally a citrus and stone fruit growing region, the Riverland turned to wine
grapes in the 1980s and ‘90s. So and now it accounts for more than a quarter of 
Australia’s annual crush.

In addition, Yates [Electrical Services last week won a Fast](https://greenlivingguy.com/2007/08/motorcycle-electric-zero-x-fast-silent-green/)
Movers SA Excellence in Business Award recognizing its growth. As well as their 
innovative strategies and market leadership.

The company has also recently formed a new entity, Green Gold Energy. So in a joint
venture with Chinese-based Golden Investment Group to engineer, procure and construct
small solar farms across South Australia.

Construction of the first [Green Gold renewable energy project](https://greenlivingguy.com/2009/08/project-green-search-kicks-off/).
It’s a 2 MW farm on 2.5ha (10 acres) near Port Pirie. It has just been completed.

Work is expected to begin in late June or early July on 4.95MW farms on 10 sites
in Kadina and Port Pirie.

Yates said Green Gold Energy had an agreement with a …

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