The University of Queensland has installed its large solar power system consisted of 5400 solar panels on the rooftop of their four biggest buildings. The solar photovoltaic system is expected to produce about 1.22 MW energy that predicted would be enough to serve about 5 to 6 percent of St Lucia campus energy needs.
The UQ's significant expertise of academics and engineers also worked with industry leaders to design and install PV solar power system. They also installed a ground-mounted, 7 meter by 6 meter 8.4 kilowatt concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) array which able to follows the sun movement. The system has an area about 25 percent larger compared to others flat-panel PV system that already exist in Australia today.
The ease of access for the public via the Internet is also provided by the campus to find out the latest and historical data on energy generated by solar power system. The solar panel supplied by Trina Solar and installed by Brisbane firm Ingenero. The UQ also plans to continues its solar research projects working with Brisbane firm Ingenero.
