Four newgiant batteries to be built in W.A. as world’s biggest isolated grid navigatestransition from coal
The federal Labor government has announced that four new big batteries will be built in Western Australia, after declaring the winners of a battery storage designed to help the state transition from coal by the end of the decade.
The four battery projects – to be built at Boddington, Merredin, Muchea and Waroona – will provide a total of 654 megawatts of capacity and 2.6 gigawatt hours of storage after being
declared the winners of the first tender in W.A. under the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme.
They are all due to be built by October 2027, and will confirm W.A’s main grid – the biggest isolated grid in the world – as a leader in battery storage, given it is already building half a dozen big batteries, including two of the biggest in the country at the coal centre of Collie.
Federal energy minister Chris Bowen hailed the success of the W.A. tender, saying it had brought in significantly more capacity than the 500 MW and 2,000 MWh originally sought.
“The Albanese Government’s plan is working – renewable investment into our energy grid is at record levels,” Bowen said in a statement.
“Now we’re seeing investors and developers outcompeting each other for the chance to deliver even more of the cheapest form of energy for Western Australia this decade.”
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