Engie and the American luminous have tested autonomous robots on the 250 MW Goorambat East Solar Farm in the Australian state of Victoria, which completed the panel installation before planned.
The installation of nearly 500,000 solar panels with the France head office developer Engies‘s Goorambat East Solar Farm in Victoria will be completed on 3 October, thanks in part to a collaboration with the American Robotics company Luminous, which has tested its first Lumi S4 fleet during construction.
Engie-Site representative Justin Webb said the commissioning has begun, and the first energy of the Goorambat East Solar Farm is expected at the end of October 2025, with full operations on goal for mid-2026.
“It will have a generating capacity of a maximum of 250 MW, which is sufficient to provide power to 105,000 average Victorian houses,” said Webb.
Located near Benalla, 210 km northeast of Melbourne, the demonstration of the AI-driven Lumi Pick and Place Robot in Goorambat sets up the most labor-intensive task of panel installation.
Lumi places autonomously solar modules On racking structures, so that employees on-site can complete the final security process, reduce manual labor and improve installation speed, safety and cost efficiency.
“The system was used to install posts and more recently solar panels, whereby the American company tested their LUMI system outside the US for the first time and demonstrates the future of the construction of solar farms,” said Webb. “The intended higher productivity of these autonomous systems will lower the costs of renewable energy projects and projects can be built in less time – so that the energy costs for consumers will lower and possibly more solar farms can be built.”
The robots also require that skilled technicians serve them, resulting in increasing the current workforce of renewable energy and making more productivity possible, Webb added.
“The use of autonomous robots could also have great advantages for the construction of solar farms in remote and inhospitable areas, such as deserts, where the climate can be dangerous for human staff.”
“In the longer term, with continuous development, Robots like this Will also enable a reduction in health and safety-related risks of construction projects, for example reducing manual treatment of heavy solar panels. “
Luminous Robotics Inc. Chief Executive Officer and founder Jay M. Wong said that the use of the Lumi fleet of the company in Australia was that it has recorded the data, performance insights and real impact that are necessary to stimulate global acceptance.
“Our Lumi robots surpassed our target production speed and fueled by support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena), we are happy to be our next phase where we refine the possibilities of the Lumi Fleet,” said Wong.
“This will further promote and optimize the electricity, autonomy, reliability, manufacture, manufacture, the construction of energy infrastructure on a scale.”
Wong said that in the coming months Luminous and Arena will release the largest, most extensive robotics set of Sourar Construction and will make it public.
“We believe that this is the honest approach to really democratize Solar for Humanity. So that this effort becomes the fuel on which innovative solutions, not only for panel installation and construction, can benefit from the holistic, collective industry from accelerating the planet in a future of real solar scale.”
Project partner France-head office Bouygues Construction Australia Project director Bastien Sauvet said with the support of Arena and the Joint Venture with Equans Solar and Storage Australia -based Equans, this first implementation outside the US shows how robotics can improve the safety, quality and productivity in the construction of solar farm.
“It is a promising step, and it will be exciting to see how robotics can help shape the future of renewable energy in Australia, Sauvet said.
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