NSW hands out 12 GWh in long-duration storage contracts to six major lithium-ion battery project
Source：pv magazine
The New South Wales (NSW) Roadmap Tender Round 6 for long duration storage (LDS) has awarded long-term energy service agreements (LTESAs) to six new lithium-ion battery energy storage projects representing 1.17 GW / 11.98 GWh of capacity.
Bumping the state’s storage under contract to 30 GWh, the latest tender round meets the NSW Roadmap’s legislated Minimum Objective of delivering 2 GW of LDS by 2030 and 28 GWh by 2034.
Tenders are managed by AusEnergy Services Limited (ASL), formerly the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).
Subject to the relevant planning approvals, the largest of the six projects with a nominal storage duration of 10.6 hours include French developer Neoen Australia’s 330 MW/3,500 MWh Great Western Battery, in Wallerawang, near Lithgow, 140 kilometres northwest of Sydney.
Singapore and Norway headquartered BW ESS Australia’s 233 MW/2,676 MWh Bannaby Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the Southern Tablelands, with nominal storage duration of 11.5 hours, and Korea Zinc subsidiary Ark Energy’s 250 MW/2,414 MWh (9.7 hours) Bowmans Creek BESS, in the Upper Hunter, have also been successful.
Two projects near Armidale, 481 kilometres north of Sydney, include Spanish renewable energy developer FRV Services Australia’s 158 MW/1,440 MWh (9.1 hours) Armidale East BESS, and US-based Bridge Energy’s 100 MW/870 MWh (8.7 hours) Ebor BESS.
Also in the New England and North West region of NSW, near Tamworth, 111 kilometres south of Armidale, the sixth successful tender has been awarded to Spain headquartered Iberdrola Australia’s 100 MW/1,080 MWh (10.8 hours) Kingswood BESS.