NBN Co has begun harnessing power from a new solar farm at Munna Creek on the Sunshine Coast, which will enable the company to drive down its carbon emissions and meet its commitment to 100% renewable electricity purchases.
Gavin Williams, chief development officer, regional and remote at NBN Co was joined by Ian Kirkham, head of EPC, Oceania Region, METLEN Energy & Metals to officially open the new solar farm at Munna Creek, near Gympie in Queeensland.
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NBN Co has contracted to take approximately 59GWh per year—or more than 20% of the expected power generated by the 467-hectare solar farm.
The Munna Creek solar farm was constructed and operates under an NBN Co Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) by global industrial energy company METLEN.
It is NBN Co’s third PPA, comprising two solar farms and one wind farm, and delivers on the company’s commitment to 100 per cent renewable electricity purchases from December 2025.
Overall electricity generated by the solar farm is expected to be enough to power the equivalent of 41,100 Australian homes.
In 2023, a new solar farm at West Wyalong in the Riverina area of New South Wales, was officially completed and switched on. This was enabled by NBN Co’s first PPA—a 10-year agreement where the company has contracted to take approximately 90GWh per annum.
In January 2025, NBN Co began receiving renewable electricity through a six-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed with AGL, where NBN Co is purchasing around 90GWh per year of renewable energy generated by Macarthur Wind Farm, located between Hamilton and Warrnambool in south-western Victoria.
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NBN Co’s target of 100% renewable electricity purchases from December 2025 is underpinned by membership of the RE100, a global renewable electricity initiative comprising more than 400 of the world’s largest businesses.
NBN Co was the first Australian telecommunications company and first Australian Government Business Enterprise to join RE100.
