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Vena Energy Selects Doosan GridTech To Deliver Queensland’s Largest Grid-Scale Energy Storage System (100MW/150MWh)
December 14, 2020 GMT
BRISBANE, Australia (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 14, 2020
Vena Energy-Australia has named Doosan GridTech as its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner to build Queensland’s largest energy storage system. This battery energy storage system (BESS) will play a major role in improving grid stability and supporting the state’s shift to renewable energy. Located near Wandoan in the state’s southwest region, the BESS will have a discharge capacity of 100MW and deliver 150MWh enough to provide power for 57,000 homes.
Published: 15 Dec 2020, 06:52
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Artist rendering of the Wandoan South BESS project. Image: Vena Energy.
Vena Energy Australia has achieved financial close for its 100MW / 150MWh Wandoan battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland and named Doosan GridTech as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner.
The local arm of Singapore-headquartered independent power producer (IPP) Vena Energy, focused on renewable energy projects in wind and solar across the Asia-Pacific region, signed a 15-year contract for operational dispatch rights to the Wandoan project with major Australian utility AGL, announced towards the beginning of this year.
Vena Energy said this morning that it has now achieved financial close for what will be the Australian state of Queensland’s largest battery project so far. It revealed that construction had begun in October on the AU$120 million project, located in the Western Downs region of Queensland. The battery system
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