{"id":21765,"date":"2026-05-12T08:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/21765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:52:07","slug":"iberdrola-completes-panel-install-at-broadsound-solar-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/21765\/","title":{"rendered":"Iberdrola completes panel install at Broadsound Solar Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/esdnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/broadsound-solar-farm.jpg\" data-caption=\"All solar panels have now been installed at the Broadsound Solar &amp; BESS project (Image: Iberdrola Australia)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"359\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/broadsound-solar-farm-696x359.jpg\"   alt=\"Huge construction crew in hard hats and high-vis vests stand in front of solar panels at solar farm holding sign announcing completion of solar installation at Broadsound Solar Farm\" title=\"broadsound-solar-farm\"\/><\/a>All solar panels have now been installed at the Broadsound Solar &amp; BESS project (Image: Iberdrola Australia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iberdrola.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iberdrola Australia<\/a> has celebrated a major milestone at its Broadsound Solar Farm and Battery project, with installation of all 609,522 solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>The 376MW Broadsound Solar Farm and 180MW (2hr) co-located Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), located at Clarke Creek, about two hours north-west from Rockhampton, will generate enough electricity to power 145,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/esdnews.com.au\/iberdrola-begins-construction-at-broadsound-in-queensland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iberdrola begins construction on first project in Queensland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across the site, more than 91,000 piles were driven and 7,006 trackers installed. Behind this has been a mechanical installation team of 110 people, with close to half identifying as First Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Iberdrola Australia CEO and chairman Ross Rolfe AO said, \u201cAfter providing energy to Australian customers, including Queensland commercial and industrial businesses, for many years we\u2019re excited to soon be able to generate energy locally here with the Broadsound Solar Farm and BESS project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith more than 20 years experience working in Australian communities we\u2019re looking forward to this big step into the Queensland market and adding to our 1.7GW of energy assets in operation across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been great to work with the local community, the First Nations people, and in particular the Queensland Government and Isaac Regional Council to develop this project to deliver clean and affordable energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related article: <a title=\"Iberdrola Australia acquires 242MW Ararat Wind Farm\" href=\"https:\/\/esdnews.com.au\/iberdrola-australia-acquires-242mw-ararat-wind-farm\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iberdrola Australia acquires 242MW Ararat Wind Farm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Powerlink recently completed the connection to Broadsound Solar Farm ahead of schedule, which means Iberdrola can commence testing before exporting to the National Electricity Market (NEM) once construction is complete.<\/p>\n<p>Stay on top of the latest energy news and insights by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esdnews.com.au\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subscribing<\/a>\u00a0to our free weekly e-newsletter and digital magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All solar panels have now been installed at the Broadsound Solar &amp; BESS project (Image: Iberdrola Australia) Iberdrola&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[146],"class_list":{"0":"post-21765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iberdrola","8":"tag-iberdrola"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}