The renewable energy company Carnegie Clean Energy has announced its A$20M ($15M) plan to develop a 10MW battery-ready solar power station in Northam, Western Australia.
The project will be delivered by the Energy Made Clean (EMC, Carnegie Clean Energy’s subsidiary) and Australian infrastructure firm Lendlease joint venture to deliver lithium batteries, solar and storage microgrids across Australia.
Michael Ottaviano, Carnegie’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, said, “The Tier one capabilities of the EMC Lendlease joint venture, combined with the design, development and financing capabilities of Carnegie, provide us with a clear point of difference in the rapidly emerging utility solar market in Australia.
“Carnegie is planning on replicating this approach across Australia,” he added.
Energy Made Clean claims its Tier-one-supplying lithium batteries have more than 10 years lifetime and up to 100% DoD (Depth of Discharge) warranty.
With approximately 34,000 solar panels and battery storage plants, the project is capable of producing 24,000MWh per annum or supply electricity for 4,000 households for 25 years, according to Carnegie.
Expecting to start in mid 2017 and commenced operation at the end of this year, the project has been 100% privately funded and will be owned and operated by Carnegie.
Carnegie is one of the companies bidding for the South Australian battery project to offer utility scale battery storage.