Akaysha Energy has celebrated the completion of the Waratah Super Battery’s first stage of energisation and its registration within the National Electricity Market (NEM).
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Akaysha, together with its delivery partners Consolidated Power Projects, Transgrid, Powin and eks Energy finalised the first stage of energisation of the Waratah Super Battery for EnergyCo, with energisation of the Waratah substation at 330kV, facilitated from Transgrid’s Munmorah Substation.
This paves the way for commissioning works to commence on the project, and is a key milestone in moving towards commercial operations and delivering the SIPS Service to the NSW electrical network.
Akaysha chief engineer Nick Finch said, “Completion of Waratah’s connection process and registration of the NEM’s largest single DUID at 850MW has taken an incredible amount of collaboration between AEMO, Transgrid, Aurecon, EKS, Powin, and our engineering team.
“This massive milestone is a testament to teamwork and sign of the evolving connection landscape in the NEM. It’s such an exciting time to be in this industry.”
The Waratah Super Battery (WSB) project aims to enhance grid reliability in NSW, while building one of the world’s largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) to stabilise the grid during the state’s transition from coal-fired power.
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Aurecon, serving as the grid consultant, supported Akaysha across aspects such as the grid connection application, whilst emphasizing innovation and sustainability in energy solutions.
