La Trobe University Solar Farm

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Renewable Energy

Client
LaTrobe University

Disciplines
Landscape Architecture

Location
Bundoora Campus, VIC

Date
2025

La Trobe University's new solar farm is built on 3.5 hectares at its Bundoora Campus and is part of the University’s goal to achieve Net Zero by 2029.
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Over 40,000 plants and more than 600 trees have been planted to improve site biodiversity, with a focus on locally Indigenous plants sourced from the La Trobe Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary.

Key Facts:

  • 4,300 solar panels
  • Equivalent to more than 10km in length
  • 11,250M2 of solar generating area
  • Equivalent to 600 household systems
  • 2.9 megawatt system
  • 3.5 hectares
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Locally Indigenous plants were sourced from the La Trobe Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary.
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