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| Source: RenewEconomy |
The first stage of the Kennedy Energy Park in far north Queensland has been completed and is due to be turned on in January after some testing. It is the world’s first on-grid facility that combines wind and solar energy with battery storage.
The energy park, developed by Windlab, contains 40MW of wind energy, 20MW of solar and a 2MW/4MWh Tesla battery – the third Tesla battery to be installed adjacent to a renewable energy facility in Australia, following the Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia and the Gannawarra solar farm in Victoria.
If all goes well, and depending on grid capacity and other factors, Windlab has said it could grow the project to 1.2GW under its “Big Kennedy” plans, which could deliver the equivalent of “base-load” renewables to the north Queensland region.
However, new grid infrastructure will be needed. The Queensland government has promised support for a 500 km transmission line in the north of the state to unlock barriers to more than 2000MW of large-scale wind, solar and hydro projects in the region.
Read more: Construction complete at Kennedy, world’s first wind-solar-battery park. RenewEconomy, December 19, 2018.
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