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AMPYR Australia has announced the acquisition of Shell Energy Australia’s 50% stake in the Wellington Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in New South Wales. This acquisition makes AMPYR the sole owner of the 1,000 megawatt-hour (MWh) project.
The Wellington Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is planned to be developed in the central west New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The project will comprise a grid-scale BESS with a total discharge capacity of around 400MW. AMPYR Australia, a renewable energy assets developer in the country, owns 100% of the BESS project.
This will make Wellington BESS one of the largest battery storage projects in NSW. Wellington is being constructed at 6773 and 6909 Goolma Road, Wuuluman NSW 2820. The project site is situated within the Central-West Orana Renewable energy Zone (CWO REZ), in the Dubbo Regional Council local government area (LGA).
The two companies launched a joint venture in 2022 to develop the 1GWh Wellington BESS, which will connect to an existing substation of high-voltage transmission system operator and manager Transgrid at Wellington and be adjacent to Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ).
Ampyr Australia, the regional entity of which its parent company is backed by infrastructure investor Stonepeak, now has secured full ownership of the Wellington BESS, including stage one, a 300MWMW/600MWh BESS, and stage two, where an additional 100MW/400MWh 4-hour duration BESS will be added.
It is worth noting that Ampyr Australia is targeting an operational portfolio of 3GW of energy storage in the country by 2030. Its Singapore-headquartered parent company, Ampyr Energy, is developing around 12GW of projects globally.
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