Oz battery secures early works agreement

• GMR Energy can start building transmission infrastructure for grid connecting the 240MW Mornington BESS

Australian renewables designer GMR Energy has become part of an early works agreement with transmission network company AusNet for a 240MW battery energy storage system (BESS) on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.

The agreement permits the construction of the transmission infrastructure to connect the 240MW/480 megawatt hour (MWh) Mornington BESS plant to the grid.

Completion is expected by the end of 2024.

The business is additionally in final negotiations with the design, purchase, and construction specialist to build the battery project which will certainly be moneyed with financial obligation and equity.

GMR Energy's chief executive officer and Managing Director, Morris Zhou (left), claimed the very early works agreement was a "key milestone" on the path to deliver essential energy infrastructure that would support the Victorian Government's objective of improving the integrity of regional electricity in an area that is specifically exposed to fluctuations popular.

Zhou said: "The addition of the Mornington BESS, situated adjacent to AusNet's existing Tyabb substation, will certainly additionally help make certain a successful shift to renewables, as it will attract and store energy from the grid throughout off-peak periods as well as dispatch energy to the grid throughout peak durations, generating power for the equivalent of 40,000 average Australian homes."

He included: "With the existing supply chain issues suggesting a substantial bottleneck in the availability of transformers and other materials needed, we have actually partnered with AusNet to commence early works as well as obtain long-lead things."