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"AGL Energy says the first battery units have been installed for the 500 MW,
two hour Liddell battery, which is being built at the site of the shuttered
coal plant in the first stage of its transformation into a green energy hub.
The 500 MW, 1,000 MWh battery – being built by US-based Fluence – is the third
and biggest battery to be built by AGL to date, following the 250 MW, 250 MWh
Torrens Island battery in South Australia, and the 50 MW, 50 MWh battery at
Broken Hill.
Liddell is the third coal generation site to be transformed into a battery
storage hub, with the 850 MW, 1680 Waratah Super Battery currently going
through commissioning at the site of the shuttered Munmorah coal plant, and the
700 MW, 2,800 MWh Eraring battery being built next to the country’s biggest
coal generator.
Other current and former coal hubs are also destined to host big batteries,
including at the site the now shuttered Wallerawang plant near Lithgow, and
nearby at the still operating Mt Piper coal fired power generator.
Coal hubs are a favoured site of big batteries, because of the established
infrastructure – power lines and substations – and batteries are being built at
Collie, Hazelwood, Kogan Creek, Stanwell, Tarong and Swanbank, among others."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
