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12 August 2015, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Key milestone passed at Australia’s biggest solar project. The first photovoltaic panels  have been installed at Moree Solar Farm (MSF), Australia’s largest solar array currently under construction.The farm, on 280 hectares in northern New South Wales, will supply 140,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year – enough electricity to power 15,000 homes and abate 95,000 tons of carbon pollution each year. It will use a single-axis horizontal tracking system, allowing 222,880 solar panels to follow the sun for maximum efficiency. The first panels were installed in June and at last count almost 100,000 had been put in place. Read More here