One other large power storage venture backed by Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries will log on this yr in Australia, as the primary batch of the positioning’s remaining supplies wanted to attach the positioning to the grid have formally arrived on website.
The transformers required to energise a 600MW/1,600MWh Tesla Megapack facility in Plumpton, Victoria have formally arrived, as detailed in a press launch from website operator Lumea on Sunday. The positioning is anticipated to develop into operational someday this yr, connecting to a first-of-its-kind underground substation, coming as the newest of a collection of initiatives to be introduced and log on throughout Australia in latest months.
These on the so-called Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub (MREH) welcomed the {hardware} over the weekend with a ceremony together with Victorian Minister for the State Electrical energy Fee Lily D’Ambrosio, in addition to others from Lumea and website associate Equis. Tesla’s 444 Megapacks initially arrived on the facility final Might, and the venture is anticipated to supply electrical energy to roughly 200,000 houses throughout instances of peak power use.
“The Lumea workforce is worked up and really proud to be working with our prospects Equis and the SEC to assist them realise this essential venture,” mentioned Craig Stallan, Lumea Government Basic Supervisor. “The accelerated improvement of the MREH performs a key position in assembly Victoria’s bold timeline of renewable power and web zero targets. We’re working to soundly join this monumental battery to the grid, bettering system energy and enabling entry to renewable, inexpensive and dependable power for shoppers.”
The transformers had been put in by a specialised Lumea crew, who used a “jack and skate” process to elevate the 2 335-tonne models onto their foundations. Lumea additionally says {that a} third transformer will arrive in February, all three of which might be used to transform and stabilize power generated and saved on the facility.
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“We’re excited to see the SEC’s first venture take form and proceed to realize development milestones forward of being operational later this yr,” mentioned David Moo, the State Vitality Fee’s (SEC’s) Basic Supervisor of Asset Supply. “The transformers being put in will allow the Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub to ship as much as 1.6 gigawatt hours of power storage onto the grid – sufficient to energy 200,000 houses throughout peak durations.”
Work will proceed on the preliminary two transformers to get the positioning related up by way of the arrival and set up of the third. The Megapack venture will even connect with the grid by way of the prevailing Sydenham Terminal Station utilizing a 1.75km, 500kV underground cable, and a 500kV Plumpton Renewable Terminal Substation, which Lumea says is the primary such system of its form in Australia.
“We’re proud we now have labored at tempo with our companions to deliver a crucial Victorian power venture on-line,” mentioned David Russell, Equis Managing Director. “With the SEC’s help the Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub is on observe to finish inside each the fee price range and time interval forecasted.”
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