In early 2019 Nilsen were awarded the Electrical, Mechanical and Piling works at the utility scale renewable energy project, Finley Solar Farm, located 6km west of the township of Finley in southern New South Wales on the border of Victoria (140km west of Albury).
The project has been developed by one of Australia’s leading renewable energy developers ESCO Pacific in conjunction with EPC Signal Energy Australia. The solar farm will cover an area of 951 acres and comprise approximately 500,000 solar panels generating a 175MW output which is enough electricity to power the equivalent of 59,000 homes.

The Nilsen site team are making fantastic progress. At peak there were 290 staff on site (including subcontractors) and as of May they had installed:
- 192,000 panels
- 60 kilometres of trenching for HV and DC cables
- 59 kilometres of HV cable installed
- 255 kilometres of DC cable installed
There were also 130 Nilsen vehicles including excavators, cars, buses etc on site. The site team have also been taking part in the $5 Friday initiative whereby funds raised are donated to different local cause, with Nilsen Health and Safety Representative Haydn Millar presenting the Finley Lions Club with a cheque in June.
Project completion is anticipated in August 2019, where upon the site team will transition to nearby Darlington Point Solar Farm, also awarded to Nilsen.
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