Grid operators in Western Australia have turned on a Tesla Megapack undertaking sooner than anticipated, coming underneath 18 months since development started and turning into the state’s largest battery undertaking but.
In a press launch on Tuesday, renewable supplier Neoen introduced that it has turned on the Collie Battery Stage 1 in Western Australia, sporting 219 MW/877 MWh of Tesla Megapacks. The undertaking, positioned close to the coal city of Collie on the land of the Wilman folks of the Bibbulmun nation, is being operated underneath contract with the Australian Power Market Operator (AEMO), and Neoen says that Stage 1 of the undertaking has been operational since October 1.
“We’re extraordinarily proud to have delivered the biggest battery in Western Australia in file time,” stated Jean-Christophe Cheylus, Neoen Australia CEO. “I wish to thank everybody who has labored tirelessly to make this occur: Western Energy, Tesla and UGL in addition to AEMO and the Western Australian Authorities. We’re delighted to be contributing a storage undertaking of this scale and length. With over 2 GW of tasks in our pipeline in WA, we’re dedicated to persevering with to play our half within the State’s vitality transition.”
Neoen initially introduced the Collie Tesla Megapack undertaking final June, taking underneath 18 months to go from groundbreaking to operation.
The massive battery presents 197 MW of storage capability for 4 hours, whereas being charged up in the course of the day and later discharging throughout peak night hours. The Collie battery additionally comes as a method to deal with dangers associated to the retiring of the state’s coal crops and the leap in residential and business rooftop photo voltaic, as recognized by the AEMO.
It additionally marks Neoen’s first large-scale battery undertaking in Western Australia, together with being the corporate’s first-ever 4-hour battery undertaking throughout worldwide tasks. The corporate additionally has a number of different tasks which have gone dwell in Australia and Europe, and it says it presently has a complete of 1,925 MW/4,709 MWh of vitality storage capability all through Australia.
Building on the Collie Battery Stage 2 is already underneath contract, and the corporate is aiming so as to add one other 341 MW/1,363 MWh, anticipated to be operational by the final quarter of subsequent 12 months. In complete, the Collie Battery Levels 1 and a couple of will present 560 MW/2,240 MWh of capability, and it is going to be capable of discharge as a lot as 20 p.c of common demand inside the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS).
Tesla presently produces its Megapack grid-scale batteries at a so-called “Megafactory” in Lathrop, California, which is anticipated to have the ability to produce 10,000 Megapacks per 12 months at quantity manufacturing. The corporate can be nearing completion of the development of a Megafactory in Shanghai, China, which is anticipated to have the identical annual manufacturing because the California plant.
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