Plans advanced for Australia’s largest battery, with eight times more storage
Neoen Australia has advanced plans for what would be the biggest battery project in Australia – a 3,600 MWh proposal with eight times more storage than the current biggest.
The project is being proposed at Goyder North, along with an adjoining 1,000 MW wind project, north of Burra in South Australia.
It is separate to the neighbouring Goyder South project, which could combine 1,200 MW of wind, 600 MW of solar and 1800 MWh of battery storage.
The current titleholder of the biggest fully commissioned battery in the country is the 300 MW, 450 MWh Victoria Big battery near Geelong, which was also built by Neoen.
That project will soon be overtaken – first by the 850 MW, 1680 MWh Waratah Super Battery in NSW.
A series of three 2,000 MWh batteries are also under construction.The biggest of these is the 560 MW, 2,240 MWh Collie battery.
The Goyder North project will trump the lot. But a lot could change between now and the project's fruition, including technology advances and market conditions.
Neoen is now targeting the four-hour storage market, and in SA that is needed because of the growing impact of rooftop solar – already producing more than state demand at times.
Neoen says the Goyder region has some of the best wind and solar resources in Australia.
The project would be built on privately owned agricultural land, and it will have up to 135 wind turbines.