Project Description

Services:

Client:

Lightsource BP

Project Value:

$265 million

Contractor:

Urbis

Completion Date:

2019

Lightsource BP is a global market leader in the development, acquisition and long-term management of large-scale solar projects and smart energy solutions.

With 2.0GW of solar projects under management, Lightsource BP specialises as a utility scale developer acting as the developer, operator, and manager of solar projects.

The West Wyalong Solar Farm project included the preparation of an Estimate of costs on a 220MW solar farm for the Capital Investment Value (CIV) incorporating:

  • Civil works including earthworks, access roads, cable trenching, buildings, security and fencing
  • All electrical works, including the installation of the PV panels and single axis tracker, invertors, substations, LV and HV cabling
  • Battery energy storage
  • A substation to 132kV output
  • The 132kV transmission line and grid connection

We were engaged on the project was to prepare quantities and a first principles capital cost estimate for the construction of all aspects of the project, including a Capital Investment Value certificate.