One other large power storage undertaking backed by Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries will log on this yr in Australia, as the primary batch of the positioning’s ultimate 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 predicted to turn into operational someday this yr, connecting to a first-of-its-kind underground substation, coming as the newest of a sequence of initiatives to be introduced and log on throughout Australia in latest months.
These on the so-called Melbourne Renewable Power 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 associate Equis. Tesla’s 444 Megapacks initially arrived on the facility final Might, and the undertaking is predicted to supply electrical energy to roughly 200,000 properties throughout occasions of peak power use.
“The Lumea workforce is happy and really proud to be working with our clients Equis and the SEC to assist them realise this necessary undertaking,” stated Craig Stallan, Lumea Government Normal Supervisor. “The accelerated growth of the MREH performs a key function in assembly Victoria’s bold timeline of renewable power and web zero targets. We’re working to soundly join this huge 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 can 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 realize building milestones forward of being operational later this yr,” stated David Moo, the State Power Fee’s (SEC’s) Normal Supervisor of Asset Supply. “The transformers being put in will allow the Melbourne Renewable Power 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 related up by means of the arrival and set up of the third. The Megapack undertaking will even hook up with the grid by means 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 sort in Australia.
“We’re proud we now have labored at tempo with our companions to carry a vital Victorian power undertaking on-line,” stated David Russell, Equis Managing Director. “With the SEC’s help the Melbourne Renewable Power Hub is on observe to finish inside each the price funds and time interval forecasted.”
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