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"The Australian federal and Western Australian state governments are rolling
out 18 new community batteries which will provide a combined 6.6 megawatts (MW)
of storage capacity for residents in Perth and Bunbury.
Western Power, the state-owned operator of the WA electricity network, has
already begun construction the 18 new community batteries which will be used to
soak up local solar generation to redeploy during the evening peak.
All 18 batteries are expected to be online by the middle of next year and will
consist of 13 low-voltage batteries spread around Perth’s suburbs, and another
5 medium-voltage batteries in the city of Bunbury.
Locations for each of the batteries were selected in consultation with local
governments and residents and chosen to help manage the network in areas with
particularly high rooftop solar uptake.
Around 130 households will be connected to each of the 13 batteries in and
around Perth, while around 3,600 households will be connected across the five
larger Bunbury sites.
The $25 million project is backed by the federal government, with $9.34 million
committed through the first round of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency
(ARENA) Community Battery program.
“These community batteries will help us make the most of the abundant solar
generated during the day by storing and releasing it during the evening peak as
the sun goes down,” said Josh Wilson, federal assistant minister for climate
change and energy, who was in Coogee to make the announcement.
“Together with more than 45,000 batteries that have been installed at WA homes
since 1 July last year, and our state’s nation-leading deployment of large
grid-scale batteries at Collie and Kwinana, these 18 community batteries will
contribute to cutting network costs while enabling more renewable generation.”
The 18 new community batteries build on five already deployed by the federal
government across Perth through its Community Batteries for Household Solar
program – located in Coogee, Bayswater, Stratton, Kinross, and Port Kennedy."
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