DT Infrastructure (DTI) awards TCL Solar landmark 720MW Smoky Creek and Guthrie's Gap Projects, accelerating the future of Back Contact solar technology
TCL Solar has been awarded a contract to supply 720MW of back contact solar modules for two major power stations in Queensland, Australia. This project represents the largest utility-scale deployment of back contact solar technology to date.
Why it matters
The adoption of high-efficiency back contact technology at this scale signals a shift in renewable energy infrastructure toward more advanced, high-performance hardware.
MELBOURNE, Australia , July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL Solar is proud to announce it has been awarded the module supply contract by DT Infrastructure (DTI) for the delivery of Edify Energy's 720MW Smoky Creek and Guthrie's Gap Solar Power Stations in Central Queensland, Australia with installation expected to commence in early Q2 2027. The project will deploy TCL Solar Back Contact (BC) modules featuring module efficiencies of up to 24.2%, a 30-year performance warranty, and a 15-year product warranty.
At 720MWp, the Smoky Creek and Guthrie's Gap Solar Power Stations will together, become the largest solar project in the world to utilise back contact solar technology, marking a major milestone in the evolution of utility-scale solar power and reinforcing the growing confidence in BC technology for large-scale renewable energy infrastructure.
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