One other large vitality storage challenge backed by Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries will go browsing this yr in Australia, as the primary batch of the location’s closing supplies wanted to attach the location 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 location is predicted to change into operational someday this yr, connecting to a first-of-its-kind underground substation, coming as the most recent of a collection of tasks to be introduced and go browsing throughout Australia in current 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 challenge is predicted to supply electrical energy to roughly 200,000 houses throughout occasions of peak vitality use.
“The Lumea workforce is worked up and really proud to be working with our prospects Equis and the SEC to assist them realise this essential challenge,” mentioned Craig Stallan, Lumea Govt Basic Supervisor. “The accelerated growth of the MREH performs a key position in assembly Victoria’s formidable timeline of renewable vitality and internet zero targets. We’re working to securely join this monumental battery to the grid, bettering system energy and enabling entry to renewable, inexpensive and dependable vitality for customers.”
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 vitality generated and saved on the facility.
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“We’re excited to see the SEC’s first challenge take form and proceed to realize development milestones forward of being operational later this yr,” mentioned David Moo, the State Power Fee’s (SEC’s) Basic 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 vitality storage onto the grid – sufficient to energy 200,000 houses throughout peak intervals.”
Work will proceed on the preliminary two transformers to get the location linked up by means of the arrival and set up of the third. The Megapack challenge may also connect with the grid by means 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 sort in Australia.
“We’re proud we have now labored at tempo with our companions to deliver a vital Victorian vitality challenge on-line,” mentioned David Russell, Equis Managing Director. “With the SEC’s help the Melbourne Renewable Power Hub is on monitor to finish inside each the associated fee price range and time interval forecasted.”
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