NHOA starts installing Western Australia’s biggest BESS

E-mobility and energy storage firm New HOrizons Forward (NHOA) has began set up work on an LFP-based 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia, the state’s largest.

The Authorities of Western Australia stated right this moment (5 August) that the primary of 600 models have been put in and the remainder of the work would take two months.

The venture’s engineering, procurement and building (EPC) contract was awarded to NHOA in October by Synergy, a state-owned energy generator and retailer which additionally trades wholesale energy. The venture, pictured, will likely be positioned within the Kwinana space, simply south of Perth.

A press launch stated the BESS would interact in renewable load shifting, absorbing rooftop {solar} energy when in extra and discharging throughout late afternoon and night peak durations. It’s also supposed to supply learnings in direction of different large-scale tasks earmarked for the subsequent 5 years.

The Authorities of Western Australia has plans to deploy 1,100MW of recent energy storage tasks as a part of a AU$3.8 billion (US$2.6 billion) new renewable energy infrastructure bundle introduced in June this yr.

Premier Mark McGowan stated: “I need to acknowledge NHOA – which is delivering the large battery – for his or her confidence and funding in Western Australia, by establishing its regional headquarters right here in Perth. I lately visited their head workplace and thanked them for his or her assist.

Energy Minister Invoice Johnston added “The lithium-ion iron phosphate huge battery would be the dimension of one-and-a-half soccer fields, and will likely be linked to the Western Energy community. Synergy can also be implementing a battery administration system, to optimise its efficiency and longevity.”

It’s the newest in a flurry of constructive energy storage information tales popping out of Australia since a new, more energy transition-friendly government was elected earlier this year.

Within the final 24 hours alone, US EPC firm began work on a project pairing 400MW/4,000MWh of pumped hydro energy storage with a 200MW/200MWh BESS in Queensland, whereas growth approval was granted to a proposed 500MW/1,000MWh BESS at a retired coal plant in New South Wales, each coated by Energy-Storage.information.