Battery Storage Energy

Battery Storage power in the Australian Energy Market

% MW

Battery Storage Energy Production During October 2023

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Battery Storage Generators

ID	Name	Source/Technology	Registered Capacity (MW)
New South Wales (NSW1)
QBYNBG1	Queanbeyan BESS	Grid, Battery and Inverter	10
QBYNBL1	Queanbeyan BESS	Grid, Battery and Inverter	10
WALGRVG1	Wallgrove BESS 1	Grid, Battery and Inverter	50
			70
Queensland (QLD1)
KEPBG1	Kennedy Energy Park Battery	Grid, Battery	2
WANDBG1	Wandoan Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)	Grid, Battery	123
			125
South Australia (SA1)
ADPBA1G	Adelaide Desalination Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	8
ADPBA1L	Adelaide Desalination Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	8
BOWWBA1G	Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	3
BOWWBA1L	Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	3
CBWWBA1G	Christies Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	2
DALNTH01	Dalrymple North BESS	Grid, Battery	30
HPRG1	Hornsdale Power Reserve	Wind, Battery and Inverter	150
HVWWBA1G	Happy Valley Water Treatment Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	6
HVWWBA1L	Happy Valley Water Treatment Plant	Grid, Battery and Inverter	6
LBBG1	Lake Bonney BESS1	Grid, Battery	25
			240
Victoria (VIC1)
BALBG1	Ballarat Battery Energy Storage System	Grid, Battery	30
BULBESG1	Bulgana Green Power Hub	Grid, Battery	24
BULBESL1	Bulgana Green Power Hub	Grid, Battery	24
GANNBG1	Gannawarra Energy Storage System	Grid, Battery	31
VBBG1	Victorian Big Battery	Grid, Battery and Inverter	360
			469
Total registered
			904

About the Australian Electricity Grid

The electricity grid managed by the AEMO covers New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania and is the world's largest interconnected power system.

The interface between generators (producers of energy) and consumers (industrial users, businesses and homes) is known as the National Electricity Market (NEM). It is the system though which the supply of energy to local distributors is managed, along with the price of that energy.

Most of Australia's electricity needs are fulfilled by power stations which burn fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to drive steam turbines.

A large part is also played by hydroelectric power stations while wind power contributes in line with meteorological conditions.

There are also many smaller generators which use solar technology, biomass, bagasse etc. to create electricity.

A relative newcomer is the installation, en masse, of domestic rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV). AEMO provides daily files summarising the performance of rooftop solar generation by region.