近日，澳大利亚新英格兰太阳能农场第一阶段400MW项目实现融资关闭，该项目是澳达利亚最大带电池混合太阳能项目（720MW）的一部分。

融资行：1.中国银行2.澳大利亚联邦银行（CommBank）3.澳大利亚西太平洋银行（Westpac）;

开发商：UPC / AC Renewables（UPC Renewables和AC Energy合资企业）；

EPC承包商：西班牙Elecnor（澳大利亚子公司Elecnor Australia）.

该项目于2020年底开始建设，第一阶段400MW计划于2022年7月前投运，720MW整体项目计划于2023年底投入运营，项目投运后每年将为大约25万户家庭供电。

400 MW first stage of New England Solar Farm reaches financial close

The first 400 MW stage of the New England Solar Farm near Uralla in New South Wales (NSW) has reached financial close thanks to debt financing fromBank of China, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Westpac.

Joint venture UPC/AC Renewables Australia (UPC Renewables and AC Energy)said in a statement that construction on the first stage of the project got underway at the end of 2020, with lead contractor, Spanish infrastructure developmentgroup Elecnor, having already commenced early works through its subsidiary Green Light Contractors, including substation and road design. 

The New England Solar Farm will eventually become a 720 MW Solar installation combined with a 400 MWhr battery energy storage system on site. It is hoped this first stage of the enormous project will be connected to the National Energy Market (NEM) andproducing clean solar energy by July 2022, with a tentativedate near the end of 2023 for the entire project to be operational.