One other large power storage mission backed by Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries will log on this 12 months in Australia, as the primary batch of the positioning’s last supplies wanted to attach the positioning to the grid have formally arrived on web site.
The transformers required to energise a 600MW/1,600MWh Tesla Megapack facility in Plumpton, Victoria have formally arrived, as detailed in a press launch from web site operator Lumea on Sunday. The positioning is predicted to turn into operational someday this 12 months, connecting to a first-of-its-kind underground substation, coming as the most recent of a collection of initiatives to be introduced and log on throughout Australia in current months.
These on the so-called Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub (MREH) welcomed the {hardware} over the weekend with a ceremony together with Victorian Minister for the State Electrical energy Fee Lily D’Ambrosio, in addition to others from Lumea and web site companion Equis. Tesla’s 444 Megapacks initially arrived on the facility final Might, and the mission is predicted to supply electrical energy to roughly 200,000 properties throughout instances of peak power use.
“The Lumea group is worked up and really proud to be working with our prospects Equis and the SEC to assist them realise this vital mission,” mentioned Craig Stallan, Lumea Government Common Supervisor. “The accelerated improvement of the MREH performs a key position in assembly Victoria’s formidable timeline of renewable power and internet zero targets. We’re working to soundly join this monumental battery to the grid, bettering system energy and enabling entry to renewable, reasonably priced and dependable power for shoppers.”
The transformers have been put in by a specialised Lumea crew, who used a “jack and skate” process to raise the 2 335-tonne models onto their foundations. Lumea additionally says {that a} third transformer will arrive in February, all three of which can be used to transform and stabilize power generated and saved on the facility.
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“We’re excited to see the SEC’s first mission take form and proceed to realize building milestones forward of being operational later this 12 months,” mentioned David Moo, the State Vitality Fee’s (SEC’s) Common Supervisor of Asset Supply. “The transformers being put in will allow the Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub to ship as much as 1.6 gigawatt hours of power storage onto the grid – sufficient to energy 200,000 properties throughout peak intervals.”
Work will proceed on the preliminary two transformers to get the positioning linked up by means of the arrival and set up of the third. The Megapack mission may also connect with the grid by means of the prevailing Sydenham Terminal Station utilizing a 1.75km, 500kV underground cable, and a 500kV Plumpton Renewable Terminal Substation, which Lumea says is the primary such system of its type in Australia.
“We’re proud now we have labored at tempo with our companions to deliver a essential Victorian power mission on-line,” mentioned David Russell, Equis Managing Director. “With the SEC’s help the Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub is on observe to finish inside each the associated fee funds and time interval forecasted.”
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