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"One hundred Tesla Megapack batteries have arrived in the proposed Murray River
renewable energy zone, where they will be craned into place to create a
landmark battery storage project in the state of Victoria.
The $400 million Koorangie battery will be sized at 185 megawatts (MW) and 370
megawatt hours (MWh) and will be tucked in next to Edify Energy’s 50 MW
Gannawarra solar farm and its existing 25MW / 50MWh battery.
The Koorangie battery is being developed by Edify but is now owned by the
Italian energy infrastructure investor Sostoneo, and will feature new grid
forming inverter technology and a landmark 20-year contract to provide that
service to the Australian Energy Market Operator.
The battery – located in what was once known as Victoria’s “rhombus of regret”,
an area chock full of wind and solar projects all served by a particularly weak
part of the grid – was originally going to be half the size.
But with $119 million from Victoria’s Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Fund, by the
time Sostoneo stepped in to make its first big Australian investment last year,
it had doubled in size to today’s 185 MW / 370 MWh.
In effect, the battery will be able to do two things at once: it can do the
occasional job of a grid-forming inverter, which is what AEMO wants, and
provide frequency control and energy arbitrage at the same time. It also has a
long term contract with Shell Energy.
The result of the beefed up size and the AEMO, Shell and Victoria government
deals, is that the Koorangie battery will allow the grid around the Murray
River area to host 300 MW more wind and solar energy, which will mean less
curtailment of existing farms and potentially new projects allowed to connect."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
