Grid operators in Western Australia have turned on a Tesla Megapack venture sooner than anticipated, coming underneath 18 months since development started and changing into the state’s largest battery venture 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 venture, situated 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 Vitality Market Operator (AEMO), and Neoen says that Stage 1 of the venture has been operational since October 1.
“We’re extraordinarily proud to have delivered the biggest battery in Western Australia in document time,” stated Jean-Christophe Cheylus, Neoen Australia CEO. “I want 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 venture of this scale and length. With over 2 GW of initiatives 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 venture final June, taking underneath 18 months to go from groundbreaking to operation.
The large battery provides 197 MW of storage capability for 4 hours, whereas being charged up through 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 soar in residential and industrial rooftop photo voltaic, as recognized by the AEMO.
It additionally marks Neoen’s first large-scale battery venture in Western Australia, together with being the corporate’s first-ever 4-hour battery venture throughout worldwide initiatives. The corporate additionally has a number of different initiatives which have gone reside in Australia and Europe, and it says it at present 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 whole, the Collie Battery Levels 1 and a couple of will present 560 MW/2,240 MWh of capability, and it will likely be capable of discharge as a lot as 20 p.c of common demand inside the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS).
Tesla at present produces its Megapack grid-scale batteries at a so-called “Megafactory” in Lathrop, California, which is predicted to have the ability to produce 10,000 Megapacks per 12 months at quantity manufacturing. The corporate can also be nearing completion of the development of a Megafactory in Shanghai, China, which is predicted to have the identical annual manufacturing because the California plant.
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