NEOEN proposes to cooperate with the Collie region of Western Australia to cooperate with the construction of a Givava -scale battery energy storage project, which is closely related to the coal industry.
French renewable energy and energy storage asset developers, owners and operators Neoen has delivered Australia to the largest battery energy storage system to date, namely 300MW/450MWH VICTON BIG BATTERY battery storage project in Victoria.
The company also built Hornl battery energy storage projects in South Australia with Tesla, which is considered a landmark project of a global large -scale battery energy storage system. NEOEN said in August that its latest financial results said that the revenue of its energy storage department in the first half of 2022 was $ 39.3 million, which was three times the same period last year.
The company stated in the application submitted by the planning authorities of Clehire that its proposed 1GW/4GWH battery energy storage project will be constructed in stages and starts from the initial 200MW/800MWH installation.
Whether it reaches 1GW/4GWH depends on the service needs of the battery energy storage system, an increase of 200MW/800MWH at each stage, which will connect to the Western power transmission network in Australia.
A power plant in the Collie community is one of the last two coal -fired power plants in Western Australia. The plant is planned to be closed in 2027, and another factory MUJA coal -fired power plant will be closed in 2030.
The motivation for this is economic, environmental and social aspects. The Western Australian government said in June that the cost of maintaining factory operations may increase the average annual energy bill of $ 1,800 to $ 3,000 for customers' annual energy bills, and the expected loss of Synergy, a state -owned power producer operating these power plants is $ 3 billion.
A source said that Neoen's location was about 4 kilometers away from the Collie power plant and 13 kilometers from town. The project is in line with the Colliejust transition plan formulated and funded by the Western Australian government, which will bring investment in the region and support local employment and enterprise operations.
If the project continues, it will also cooperate with the Collie regional parliament to carry out a plan to share community interests.
In April this year, another energy developer Zen Energy began to conduct a feasibility study of another battery energy storage project in the area. It is expected that the installation capacity of the project is 200MW and the energy storage capacity is 600MWH to 800MWH. The project funds come from the Western Australian government.
