Victoria’s plans to add at least 100MWh of battery storage to its grid by January – to help keep the network steady and prevent unwanted load-shedding – appear to have come unstuck.
The state government – which this week unveiled the details of the country’s biggest renewable energy auction (650MW) – has still to announce the results of its much-vaunted earlier tender for two large-scale battery storage installations in the west of the state.
The two projects – each of 20MW and producing a combined 100MWh – were supposed to be online by January 1. But despite attracting more than 100 proposals, the tender winners have still not been announced, way beyond the planned deadline of the end of the August.
A spokesperson for Minister for energy Lily D’Ambrosio said the government is still assessing proposals and further announcements will be made in due course.
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