Ballarat Energy Storage System

37°34′03″S 143°55′12″E / 37.5675°S 143.91989°E / -37.5675; 143.91989StatusOperationalCommission date
  • 23 October 2018
Owner(s)
  • AusNet Services
Operator(s)
  • EnergyAustralia
Power generationNameplate capacity
  • 30 MW
Storage capacity
  • 30 MW h
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Ballarat Energy Storage System (BESS) is a grid-connected energy storage system connected to the Ballarat Area Terminal Substation in Warrenheip, on the eastern outskirts of Ballarat in Victoria. It was commissioned in 2018 and provides 30 MWh of storage capacity at 30 MW. The battery was developed by NuvoGroup (owned by Spotless). Fluence provided the batteries, AusNet Services owns the facility, which is operated by EnergyAustralia. Funding was provided by AusNet Services and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).[1][2]

The system consists of nine units each of which contains Lithium-ion batteries along with cooling and safety systems.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ballarat Energy Storage System (BESS)". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Victoria's first of two large-scale, grid-connected batteries reaches completion in Ballarat". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Ballarat Battery Energy Storage System". Spotless. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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