Sydney-based power generation firm Genex Power Ltd is planning to build a 50 MW/75 MWh battery storage facility located near Rockhampton in central Queensland, Australia.
The Como battery storage facility will be built in addition to the Kidston pumped hydro project. It will consist of lithium-ion batteries that can be used for up to 1.5 hours of storage.
The project seeks to enter the market for energy arbitrage and frequency and other grid services once operational by 2021.
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August 04, 2020
Partners Group buys second phase of Murra Warra Wind Farm in Victoria
RES Group and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) have completed the development phase of the second stage of the Murra Warra Wind Farm near Horsham in Western Victoria, and have agreed to...
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August 03, 2020
Australia awards RET for the combined total of 516 MW projects
The 204 MW Bulgana Green Power Hub wind farm and 312 MW Moorabool Wind Farm have been accredited for Renewable Energy Target (RET) by Clean Energy Regulator (CER) of Australia. The 480 MWp Weste...
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July 27, 2020
Renewable Energy Developments sets to build 80MW Quorn solar park with energy storage in New South Wales
Renewable Energy Developments Pty Ltd has secured development approval to build the 80 MW Quorn solar park with 20MW/20MWh energy storage located in the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. Th...
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July 27, 2020
Goldwind's 321 MW Moorabool wind park connects to the grid in Victoria
Goldwind Australia, unit of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Tech Co Ltd, has announced that 21 MW Moorabool wind park is connected to the grid and produced its first power. The Moorabool Wi...
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July 27, 2020
OMERS invests in TransGrid
OMERS has acquired a 19.99% stake in TransGrid from Wren House Infrastructure Management. TransGrid owns and operates an electricity transmission network. It offers electricity transmission, network...
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