Australian vitality large Origin Energy has unveiled plans to construct what could possibly be the most important battery vitality storage system (BESS) within the state of Queensland, because it continues to increase its renewable vitality era and financial savings portfolio.
From pv journal Australia
Origin Energy has submitted an environmental report back to the Australian federal authorities for a brand new 500 MW/2,000 MWh BESS to be constructed close to Kogan, about 40 km west of Dalby, Queensland.
BESS can be put in on land subsequent to Origin Energy’s present 630 MW Darling Downs energy station, which is Australia’s largest mixed cycle gas-fired energy plant. Origin Energy stated it had already obtained permission from the Western Downs Regional Council to permit the event and set up of a battery on the positioning.
The 275 kV transmission line will join the system to the grid by way of the close by Braemar substation. Origin Energy says the battery will use lithium-ion expertise and have as much as 4 hours of storage capability that may be delivered for various durations.
The firm stated it plans to “construct and function BESS, to extend Queensland’s base of system stability and storage property, offering safety to Queensland’s vitality provide… The Darling battery Downs can be charged by way of the present grid connection throughout the day when renewable vitality is considerable and despatched throughout peak demand.”
Construction is predicted to start in mid-2025, with development anticipated to take as much as 24 months. Pending approvals, Origin Energy stated it should launch a young course of to establish a suitably certified contractor to provide and set up the battery.
If constructed, the battery can be Queensland’s largest, surpassing 300 MW/1,200 MWh to be constructed by state-owned vitality firm Stanwell subsequent to the Tarong coal-fired energy station, about 100 km northeast of Dalby.
It can also be bigger than the state’s two operational batteries: Singapore-based developer Vena Energy’s 100 MW/150 MWh Wandoan South mission within the Western Downs and Sydney-based Genex’s 50 MW/100 MWh Bouldercombe battery close to Rockhampton, central Queensland.
The Darling Downs battery expands Origin Energy’s battery vitality storage portfolio because it appears to construct its renewables and storage portfolio to 4 GW by 2030.
The utility can also be advancing plans to construct a 700 MW/2,800 MWh battery on the website of its coal-fired Eraring energy station within the New South Wales Hunter Valley. It has additionally began development of a 300 MW/650 MWh mission subsequent to a gas-fired energy station in Mortlake, Victoria.
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