The Gullen Solar Farm is Australia’s first large scale solar farm to be  co-located with a wind farm. This innovative project leveraged the  existing wind farm’s infrastructure, network connection agreements and  stakeholder relationships to reduce the construction and operation  costs. The project is the first of its kind and attracted $9.9 Million  in ARENA funding.  The 13.3MWdc solar farm is also Yingli’s first large scale solar farm to  utilise the 1500V DC system voltage made possible by the 42,000 YGE  315P 1500V solar modules installed. With a higher 1500V DC voltage  module DECMIL Balance Group JV was able to reduce their construction  costs even further with a design that has less components, used less  labour and resulted in less line losses allowing significant savings in  balance of plant.  Yingli Solar are excited to be part of an innovative Australian-first  ARENA funded project.  We hope more operators adopt this same approach  to leverage off their existing wind farm infrastructure and utilise the  spare capacity in their grid connection asset. Yingli Solar recognises  huge potential and looks forward to seeing more solar farms draped  across the northern hillsides of our Australian wind farms.