New South Wales-based ACE Power has lodged a $212 million plan to build a battery system, in the state's Peel region, to the peak planning body in Western Australia.
New South Wales-based ACE Power has lodged a $212 million plan to build a battery system, in the state's Peel region, to the peak planning body in Western Australia.
The Western Australian Planning Commission has received Paterson Battery, an ACE Power’s subsidiary, application to construct a battery energy storage system on Paterson Road in Ravenswood.
The proposed BESS will have a capacity of 150 megawatt, 156 battery storage modules, a 33 kilovolt high voltage transformer, a switchyard and associated infrastructure.
It will include installation of a high voltage cable to the Western Power Pinjarra substation, according to the application compiled by EMM Consulting.
The project site covers five hectares of land in the Shire of Murray.
“The site has been selected for its proximity to the existing Western Power electricity network as well as its site characteristics,” the development application read.
“The site analysis plan indicates that the site has few environmental constraints or sensitivities.
“The majority of the site has been cleared, apart from native vegetation lining the boundary with Paterson Road. The project will require minimal loss of vegetation.
“The site comprises cleared agricultural land used primarily for livestock grazing, with few scattered remnant trees.”
In the development application, the applicant said the project would provide benefit to the local community and the state through energy security and integration of renewable energy sources by storing excess power generated during oversupply.
The application has been published for public consultation on the state government’s website.
Australian Clean Energy, or ACE Power, has worked on other renewable energy projects in WA including the 500MW Walebing and 216MW Hill River wind farms in the Wheatbelt.
Last month, a development assessment panel approved ACE Power’s proposal to build a solar energy generation and battery energy storage system across three lots on Great Southern Highway in Narrogin.
The approved project comprises a 200-megawatt facility of 400,000 solar panels, a 200-megawatt four-hour BESS of 800MWh capacity, and a grid connection route to connect the site to Western Power’s Narrogin south substation.
