The grid-scale battery will be installed in proximity to a coal-fired station due to be shuttered by 2027, supporting the Aussie state’s decarbonisation, the Western Australian government said on Friday. The project will be financed as part of state programme aimed at expanding energy storage deployment and supporting the transition away from fossil fuels.
To be installed at a cost of AUD 1.6 billion (USD 1.05bn/EUR 964.9m), the plan involves the installation of a four-hour battery energy storage facility that will help the state power grid remain resilient. The capacity will be added in two 250-MW/1,000 MWh phases, the first one of which will add 650 EnerC Plus battery units by China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) and around 160 inverters.
Synergy expects the battery to become operational by the end of 2025.
The project is being realised as part of the utility’s goal to add 3 GWh of energy storage by 2025. The company is the operator of the 100-MW Kwinana Battery Stage One in Western Australia, which went online in May last year. It is currently building a 250-MW expansion of the same site that will be switched on in late-2024.
