As Australia moves towards net-zero emissions and ramps up the deployment of solar and wind power, battery energy storage systems (BESS) offer several key benefits. The Australian renewable energy developer Avenis Energy has now agreed heads of terms with SMA Altenso, an international system integrator and wholly owned subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology, as partner for the construction of its first two standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in New South Wales, Australia: the Moree BESS and Deniliquin BESS are each sized at 120 MW and have each a capacity of around 480 MWh.
The partnership marks a significant milestone in Avenis Energy’s development pipeline of generation and storage projects across the Australian east coast. Once constructed, these projects would increase the reliable, dispatchable capacity across the National Electricity Market helping accelerate Australia’s clean energy transition. Each project would be capable of powering over 190,000 households for 4 hours improving network resilience at time of low solar or wind generation.
Altenso and Avenis Energy expect to start construction on both projects by mid 2026 with the installation of battery containers and power conversion equipment planned between Q4 2026 and Q2 2027, followed by commissioning and grid compliance testing through 2027. Practical completion and full commercial operations are targeted for 2028.
Courtesy of SMA.