If not transmission … then batteries?

Australia faces a push-me-pull-you of grid constraints and an abundance of solar developments now face the prospect of curtailment and battered business models. Could the strategic placement of large-scale batteries help manage the distribution of electrons and leapfrog the slow augmentation of transmission infrastructure?

Issue 10-2019

The 100 MW/129 MWh Hornsdale battery project built by French company Neoen in South Australia. Now, Neoen has announced plans for a battery around nine times the size of Hornsdale, also to be built in South Australia.

Image: Neoen

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