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Beon leaves lasting legacy at Girgarre Solar Farm

At Beon, we believe that renewable energy projects should benefit everyone involved, especially the communities where they are developed.

30 June 2024

During the construction of Enel Green Power‘s Girgarre Solar Farm, we partnered up with We Are Vivid, a disability support enterprise to help us out with sorting and processing the hardware that will support the electrical wiring for the 169,500 solar panels across the 265-hectare site.

Beon began the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) works for the Girgarre Solar Farm in 2023. A time and cost-management issue arose when 182,700 cable clips that support the electrical cables for the solar panels were being delivered tangled up in boxes, adding extra time to the process of installing them completed by electrical tradespeople onsite. The site team reached out to We Are Vivid, a disability support service that provides paid and meaningful employment to adults living with a disability in the local area. The team approached Vivid and began a contract to the supported workers to sort and package the clips to send back to the solar farm.

Not only did the partnership reduce installation timeframes but allowed the community to have a direct impact on the construction of the solar farm. The team set a new standard of excellence for the wider business and their innovation has created a new status-quo for Beon’s projects, the success of the partnership has not only left a positive legacy in the community, but has inspired other projects to seek out similar opportunities every step of the way.