Gannawarra Energy Storage System

Gannawarra Energy Storage System
Map
Country
  • Australia
Coordinates35°44′02″S 143°46′48″E / 35.734°S 143.78°E / -35.734; 143.78
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • October 2018
Construction cost
  • 41.19 million A$ (2018)
Owners
Operator
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 25 MW
Storage capacity
  • 50 MW h
External links
Websitewirsol.com.au/portfolio/gannawarra-energy-storage-system/
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Gannawarra Energy Storage System (GESS) is a grid-connected energy storage system adjacent to the Gannawarra Solar Farm in Wandella in the Shire of Gannawarra, 14km west of Kerang.

The Gannawarra Energy Storage System was partially funded by grants from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the Victorian Government. It is owned by Wirsol and Edify Energy[1] and operated by EnergyAustralia. The batteries were provided by Tesla, Inc. and Engineering, procurement and construction was provided by RCR Tomlinson.[2] It helps to ease the demand on a constrained transmission line and balances higher levels of renewable energy on the grid. It first exported electricity to the grid in October 2018.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Gannawarra Energy Storage System". Edify Energy. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Gannawarra Energy Storage System (GESS)". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Grid scale battery powers up in Gannawarra". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2020.