# Cairns Regional Council builds mini solar farms at wastewater treatment plants

Cairns Regional Council is constructing four mini solar farms and roof-mounted solar panels at five wastewater treatment plants, with a $3 million contract awarded to Solgen Energy Group, expected to be completed in July 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-06-11
- Where: Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia
- Value: $2.06M (3.00M AUD)
- Starts operating: Jul 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.7 MW
- Products: solar power systems
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Cairns Regional Council](https://endata.com/companies/47811.md)
- [Solgen Energy Group](https://endata.com/companies/47812.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [miragenews.com](https://www.miragenews.com/solar-farms-power-emissions-reductions/), 2020-06-11: "Solgen Energy Group was awarded the $3 million contract to build the mini solar farms"

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