A report says a 31 megawatt solar farm in Australia is at full output

A report says European Energy's 31 megawatt Mulwala solar farm in New South Wales is operating at full output. The report, published November 9, says the project finished full-output testing and is now running at that level. The report does not give a clock time for the start of full output.

Most of the electricity is contracted to AirTrunk. The report says the data-center operator has a long-term offtake, and that a portion of the energy is uncontracted and goes into the New South Wales grid. Catriona McLeod, who leads European Energy in Australia, said the company has taken the project through development, construction, energization and commissioning.

A battery is part of the plan, not a stated operating asset. The report says the farm will include a 25 megawatt, 100 megawatt-hour storage system. It does not say that battery is already running.

Construction started in September 2025. The report says the build created more than 250 local jobs, with the on-site workforce peaking at 73 people a day, and took more than 40,000 working hours. Crews installed more than 50,000 panels on almost 7,000 piles. It says construction finished in March and the site was energised the same month, with testing continuing through 2026. Sabooh Whitelaw of AirTrunk said the farm is adding renewable generation in New South Wales. Thorvald Spanggaard, head of project development at European Energy, said the project combines generation, storage and contracted demand. The report still does not say the battery is running, and it does not give a project cost. It says European Energy has more solar, wind and storage projects under development in Australia.