Australia is planning another giant grid-scale battery as the global roll out of super-sized energy storage projects accelerates.
The project in New South Wales-state, which will be three times larger than the current No. 1 battery in California, aims to store energy for the grid as Australia raises its share of renewable power.
Renewable energy fund CEP.Energy Pty plans to begin construction on the 1,200-megawatt unit early in 2022, and bring the battery online the following year, the firm said Friday in a statement.
Big batteries “will play a major role in filling the gaps left by the gradual retirement of coal and gas-fired generation assets,” Chairman Morris Iemma said in the statement. The project will support the Hunter Valley region’s longer-term shift from its role as a coal-mining hub, he said.
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1st Energy admits it likely misled Tasmanian consumers
The ACCC has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from electricity retailer 1st Energy Pty Ltd in relation to representations made to consumers in Tasmania during unsolicited telemarketing calls.
Between 18 February and 23 August 2019, third party sales representatives for 1st Energy cold-called Tasmanian residential energy customers who had accounts with the state’s incumbent electricity provider Aurora Energy, and offered them a five per cent discount for paying on time.
1st Energy was a new entrant in the Tasmanian energy market at the time, seeking to sign up new customers.
1st Energy has admitted that the sales representatives made several representations that were likely to be false or misleading in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.