Grid operators in Western Australia have turned on a Tesla Megapack undertaking sooner than anticipated, coming beneath 18 months since building started and changing 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 individuals of the Bibbulmun nation, is being operated beneath contract with the Australian Vitality 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 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 undertaking of this scale and period. 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 beneath 18 months to go from groundbreaking to operation.
The massive battery presents 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 way to deal with dangers associated to the retiring of the state’s coal crops and the bounce 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 at present has a complete of 1,925 MW/4,709 MWh of vitality storage capability all through Australia.
Development on the Collie Battery Stage 2 is already beneath 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 yr. In complete, the Collie Battery Phases 1 and a pair of will present 560 MW/2,240 MWh of capability, and will probably be in a position to discharge as a lot as 20 p.c of common demand throughout 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 yr 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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