One other huge power storage undertaking backed by Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries will go surfing this yr in Australia, as the primary batch of the positioning’s closing supplies wanted to attach the positioning to the grid have formally arrived on web site.
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 web site 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 most recent of a sequence of tasks to be introduced and go surfing throughout Australia in current 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 web site companion Equis. Tesla’s 444 Megapacks initially arrived on the facility final Might, and the undertaking is anticipated to supply electrical energy to roughly 200,000 properties throughout occasions of peak power use.
“The Lumea group is happy and really proud to be working with our prospects Equis and the SEC to assist them realise this necessary undertaking,” mentioned Craig Stallan, Lumea Govt Basic Supervisor. “The accelerated growth of the MREH performs a key function in assembly Victoria’s formidable timeline of renewable power and internet zero targets. We’re working to securely join this huge battery to the grid, enhancing system energy and enabling entry to renewable, reasonably priced and dependable power for shoppers.”
The transformers had been put in by a specialised Lumea crew, who used a “jack and skate” process to raise the 2 335-tonne models onto their foundations. Lumea additionally says {that a} third transformer will arrive in February, all three of which shall 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 undertaking take form and proceed to attain 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 properties throughout peak durations.”
Work will proceed on the preliminary two transformers to get the positioning linked up by way of the arrival and set up of the third. The Megapack undertaking may also connect with the grid by way of the present 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 convey a essential Victorian power undertaking on-line,” mentioned David Russell, Equis Managing Director. “With the SEC’s help the Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub is on monitor to finish inside each the associated fee finances and time interval forecasted.”
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