CIV > $5M - Private infrastructure and community facilities
Manilla Solar Farm
Northern Regional Planning Panel
The proposed development involves the construction and operation of a 5 megawatt (MW) solar farm covering approximately 18 hectares on a 54 hectare lot. The solar farm will consist of 180 ground-mounted tracking photovoltaic (PV) arrays. Each array comprises of 84 PV panels with 104 degree motion mounted on steel posts. At maximum tilt, the PV arrays will have a maximum height of 2.5 metres. A total of 151,120 PV panels are proposed. The proposal will also consist of a 2.9 metre high power conversion unit (PCU) with dimensions of 6.1 x 2.4 metres, a 2.3 metre high chain wire fence around the perimeter of the solar farm, a gravel vehicle access and parking area to be connected to Manilla Road, and an operations and maintenance building.