RWE has started construction of Australia's first eight-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), near Balranald, in New South Wales.

The landmark project has a planned capacity of 50+ megawatts (MW) and 400+ megawatt hours (MWh). The BESS will be located next to our existing 249 MWac Limondale Solar Farm – which is one of Australia’s largest – and will connect to the existing 33kV transmission line.

Tesla will supply 144 Megapack batteries for the eight-hour lithium-ion BESS, which was the only successful project in New South Wales’ first Long Duration Storage Long-Term Energy Service Agreements tender process.