A $100 million battery to be built in south-west NSW will support a $3.2 billion contract won by Shell and Edify Energy to power schools, hospitals and state government buildings for the next 10 years – in stark contrast to Canberra’s focus on gas to supply power on demand.
NSW energy minister Matt Kean said the 100-megawatt battery would provide critical “dispatchable” electricity before the closure of AGL Energy’s Liddell coal power station in 2023.
The battery will have a maximum power output of 100 MW, and capacity of 200 MWh, meaning it can run for two hours at maximum output before having to be recharged.
Read the full article, written by Angela MacDonald-Smith in the Financial Review