South Australian Government Crown Sponsorship for the Aurora Energy Project has been extended to support an increase of the battery storage component. It has previously been extended to support the construction of the battery and the 1414 Degrees Ltd’s thermal energy storage system (TESS-GRID).
Crown Sponsorship indicates that the project is sponsored by a State Government agency, in this case, the Department of Energy and Mining as a development of essential infrastructure’ under section 131(2)(c) of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016.
Crown Sponsorship was provided for the original project scope of 150 MW concentrated solar power and 70 MW solar and was extended in February 2021 to include 70 MW of battery storage and 2 MW thermal energy storage. Crown Sponsorship has now been approved to increase the battery storage component from 70 MW/70 MWh to 140 MW/140 MWh in the initial stage, increasing to 140 MW/ 280 MWh in later stages.
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May 12, 2021
EDF Renewables buys 280 MW Banana Range wind farm near Gladstone
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May 03, 2021
Photon, Canadian Solar swap project rights in 580 MWp of Aussie solar projects
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