From pv journal Australia
Australian Federal Setting Minister Tanya Plibersek has introduced the approval of the Sandy Creek Photo voltaic Farm and battery vitality storage mission, which Lightsource bp is growing within the coronary heart of the New South Wales Central-West Orana Renewable Power Zone (REZ).
Lightsource bp stated the mission will embody a 750 MW photo voltaic farm coupled with an as much as 750 MW/3,000 MWh battery vitality storage system.
The ability will connect with the nationwide electrical energy grid by way of the proposed Elong Elong Power Hub being developed by EnergyCo as a part of the Central-West Orana REZ transmission mission.
“That is one other massive step within the authorities’s plan to make Australia a renewable vitality superpower,” Plibersek stated. “We all know tasks like this are important to boosting renewables, however they’re additionally nice for native jobs and economies.”
Plibersek stated the mission will assist as much as 600 jobs through the development part and is one in every of 45 renewable vitality tasks she has ticked off with one other 128 within the approvals pipeline.
“We need to unlock Australia’s potential to be a renewable vitality superpower. It’s an enormous job – we’re working extra time to get there,” she stated.
Different tasks in Lightsource bp’s improvement pipeline embody the 520 MW Goulburn River and the 400 MW Gundary photo voltaic tasks in New South Wales, in addition to the 364 MW West Mokoan Photo voltaic Farm in Victoria.
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