Energy Vault inks deal for 1GWh Stoney Creek Battery

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Grid-scale energy storage firm Energy Vault has signed an agreement with Enervest for the deployment of a 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Stoney Creek in New South Wales.

The Stoney Creek BESS will provide flexible, grid-scale energy storage, improving the efficiency of renewable energy generation while enhancing the stability and reducing the carbon intensity of the New South Wales power grid.

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Energy Vault will serve as the turnkey engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning partner and system integrator for the project, and will also provide long term services, software and maintenance support over the life of the project.

The BESS will be built with Energy Vault’s proprietary X-Vault integration platform using Energy Vault’s proprietary UL9540 and AS3000 certified B-VAULT product, and Vault-OS Energy Management System to control, manage and optimise the BESS operations.

“Energy Vault’s leading integrated hardware and software solution coupled with their deep technology and system design expertise makes Energy Vault an ideal partner for the Stony Creek BESS,” Enervest CEO Ross Warby says.

“We value strong partnerships such as the one we have with Energy Vault and consider such collaborations as cornerstone to accelerated, quality project development. We look forward to consolidating further partnerships with other key stakeholders including the Narrabri local and indigenous community, and the successful delivery of the project.”

Energy Vault CEO Robert Piconi says, “We continue to expand and convert on our growing, multi-GWh funnel of energy storage projects in Australia and look forward to building the partnership with Ross and his team at Enervest.

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“With Enervest, we share a focus on large scale and financially attractive projects to enhance grid resiliency, and the Stoney Creek project is another example of executing to the growth plans that we have outlined for 2025 and beyond.”

As part of the agreement, the companies are now finalising the Stoney Creek BESS and grid application approvals to bring the project to full FID.

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