Grid operators in Western Australia have turned on a Tesla Megapack challenge sooner than anticipated, coming beneath 18 months since development started and turning into the state’s largest battery challenge 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 challenge, situated 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 Power Market Operator (AEMO), and Neoen says that Stage 1 of the challenge has been operational since October 1.
“We’re extraordinarily proud to have delivered the most important battery in Western Australia in document time,” mentioned 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 challenge 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 power transition.”
Neoen initially introduced the Collie Tesla Megapack challenge final June, taking beneath 18 months to go from groundbreaking to operation.
The large 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 way to handle dangers associated to the retiring of the state’s coal crops and the leap in residential and industrial rooftop photo voltaic, as recognized by the AEMO.
It additionally marks Neoen’s first large-scale battery challenge in Western Australia, together with being the corporate’s first-ever 4-hour battery challenge 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 the moment has a complete of 1,925 MW/4,709 MWh of power 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 couple of will present 560 MW/2,240 MWh of capability, and will probably be in a position to discharge as a lot as 20 % of common demand throughout the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS).
Tesla at the moment 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 yr 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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