The Edify Energy-Newcastle Battery Energy Storage System is a 28,000kW energy storage project located in Hunter, New South Wales, Australia. The rated storage capacity of the project is 56,000kWh.

The project was announced in 2021.

Description

The Edify Energy-Newcastle Battery Energy Storage System is being developed by Edify Energy Pty.

The key application of the project is grid stabilization.

Contractors involved

Edify Energy Pty is the developer of Edify Energy-Newcastle Battery Energy Storage System.

Additional information

A joint venture between Australian companies Edify Energy and Precinct Capital has lodged a development application with Newcastle City Council to build a utility scale battery on 0.6 hectares of land within the Steel River Estate industrial area, on the South Channel bank of the Hunter River, in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield West.

Methodology

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