One of the big PV projects in the South Australian pipeline has named its energy storage supplier. The Solar River Project has selected Paris-headquartered GE Renewable Energy to supply and integrate a 100MW/300MWh big battery alongside a 200 MW PV plant.
In a release on Thursday, GE said its 100 MW, three-hour battery storage system, delivering almost 300 MWh storage capacity, is capable of transferring up to 400 MWh of electricity per day. If built fast enough, the battery will overtake the title of the largest battery system on the Australian grid from the 100 MW/129 MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve. Other even bigger batteries have already been announced, for South Australia in particular.
