Tesla Megapacks are on the brink of arrive on-site at an enormous upcoming power storage web site in Australia, in line with one official.
The Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub (MREH) is at the moment below development close to Melton, Victoria, and it’ll quickly obtain 444 Megapacks, in line with a publish on X on Thursday from Victoria Minister Lily D’Ambrosio. When full, the battery mission will complete 600 MW and 1.6 GWh of power storage, able to powering round 200,000 properties in instances of peak electrical grid use.
Building continues on the SEC’s first mission, the Melbourne Renewable Vitality Hub.
At the moment preparing for the arrival of 444 Tesla Megapacks, this might be one of many largest batteries on the earth. pic.twitter.com/uiQCcLFd0s
— Lily D’Ambrosio MP (@LilyDAmbrosioMP) Could 9, 2024
The mission was additionally detailed by the SEC in a press launch in November, when development crews formally broke floor on the location.
The mission is being developed by the not too long ago rebooted State Electrical energy Fee (SEC), in partnership with renewable power investor Equis Vitality. Equis Vitality has developed 220 separate renewable infrastructure tasks throughout a number of nations within the Asia-Pacific area, together with round 39 tasks at the moment being developed in Australia.
“We’re constructing essential power tasks below the SEC – investing in our grid so family payments go down for each Victorian with cheaper and extra dependable renewable power throughout the state,” stated Jacinta Allan, Victoria Premier, within the November launch.
The SEC plans to speculate $245 million into the MREH mission as its first funding, whereas the overall price of the mission is valued at round $1 billion. It additionally comes as half of a bigger SEC initiative to construct 4.5 GW of recent renewable power era and storage tasks. The BESS can even create over 155 new jobs, in addition to 14 apprenticeship roles.
Moreover, the Labor Authorities is concentrating on 2.6 GW of power storage capability by 2030, and 6.3 GW by 2035. The mission is aiming to have the BESS operational by 2025, and might be added to the now-long record of Australian BESS tasks planning to make use of, or already utilizing, Tesla Megapacks.
You possibly can see the very fact sheet for the MREH mission right here, and you may also watch a video detailing the mission under.
Victoria additionally has what has been dubbed the “Victoria Large Battery,” a 212-Megapack, 300 MW/450 MWh system, which went on-line in 2021. Extra not too long ago, it has been reported that the Neoen, the corporate that runs the Victoria Large Battery, has gained a contract to assist develop the Collie battery right into a 560 MW/2,240 MWh system utilizing Megapacks, which is able to make it Australia’s largest BESS upon completion.
Tesla is at the moment ramping up manufacturing of the Megapack at its Megafactory in Lathrop, California, which is anticipated to ultimately have the ability to produce 10,000 Megapacks per 12 months. As well as, Tesla has began development on one other Megafactory in Shanghai, China, which is aiming for a similar annual output.
Up to date 5:30 p.m. MT: Edited ninth paragraph for accuracy.
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