Lower Wonga Solar Farm

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox power station | name = Lower Wonga | name_official = | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | coordinates = | country = Australia | location = [[Lower Wonga, Queensland]] | status = Proposed | construction_began = | commissioned = | decommissioned = | cost = $2billion | owner = SolarQ | operator = | solar_type = PV | ps_site_area = {{convert|17|sqkm}} | ps_electrical_capacity= 350 [[Megawatt|MW]] (Initial) | ps_electrical_cap_fac = | ps_annual_generation = | website = | extra = }}

The '''Lower Wonga Solar Farm''' is a proposed [[photovoltaic power station]], located in the rural locality of [[Lower Wonga]], [[Gympie Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia. If the station is completed to its final configuration of 3 million solar panels capable of powering about 315,000 homes, it would become Australia's largest solar power station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://reneweconomy.com.au/solarq-plans-350mw-solar-farm-storage-south-east-queensland-67103/ |title=SolarQ plans 350MW solar farm with storage in south-east Queensland |date=April 19, 2017 |publisher=Renew Economy |author=Giles Parkinson |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420193912/http://reneweconomy.com.au/solarq-plans-350mw-solar-farm-storage-south-east-queensland-67103/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/sunny-welcome-for-solar-power-interest/3126008/|title=Sunny welcome for solar power interest|last=Gorrie|first=Arthur Gorrie|date=23 December 2016|work=[[Gympie Times]]|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422035411/https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/sunny-welcome-for-solar-power-interest/3126008/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/breaking-australias-biggest-solar-farm-planned-for/3168073/#/0|title=BREAKING: Australia's biggest solar farm planned for Gympie|last=Klein|first=Frances|date=19 April 2017|work=[[Gympie Times]]|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422040922/https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/breaking-australias-biggest-solar-farm-planned-for/3168073/#/0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/mega-solar-farm-planned-for-gympie-qld/8451774|title=Queensland company lodges plan to build Australia's biggest solar farm near Gympie|last=Atkinson|first=Bruce|date=19 April 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421021135/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-19/mega-solar-farm-planned-for-gympie-qld/8451774|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Location== The Lower Wonga Solar Farm would be located on previously cleared lands used for grazing,<ref name=":0" /> on the corner of the [[Wide Bay Highway]] and Gympie Woolooga Road, Lower Wonga, Queensland. The farm site is also located next to the Woolooga Substation and transmission lines, providing a cheap and easy point to distribute power into the grid.

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[[Category:Solar power stations in Queensland]]