Edify Energy‘s 185MW/370MWh Koorangie Battery (Koorangie ESS) has successfully exported energy to the grid for the first time, with the company beginning hold point testing.
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Situated in the Murray River Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in Victoria’s north-west, Koorangie ESS is capable of powering 350,000 homes for 2 hours, providing essential grid stability to the region.
Koorangie ESS features 100 Tesla Megapacks equipped with grid-forming inverters that operate in Virtual Machine Mode. This setup will enable the storage system to function like a conventional generator, providing essential system strength services.
Edify has a System Support Agreement with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to provide 125MW of services to strengthen the power system and increase the potential for generation in the Murray River region.
The objective for Koorangie ESS is to increase the renewable hosting capacity of the Murray River REZ by up to 300MW through the provision of system strength to improve network stability.
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Sosteneo delivered the $400 million Koorangie Energy Storage System for Edify, and the battery supported by a 15-year term offtake agreement with Shell Energy for the full 185MW/370MWh.
