{"id":1288,"date":"2026-02-05T07:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2026-02-05T07:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:21:19","slug":"nsw-awards-12-gwh-of-long-duration-storage-tenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/nsw-awards-12-gwh-of-long-duration-storage-tenders\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW awards 12 GWh of long duration storage tenders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The New South Wales (NSW) Roadmap Tender Round 6 for long duration storage (LDS) has awarded long-term energy service agreements (LTESAs) to six new battery energy storage projects representing 1.17 GW \/ 11.98 GWh of capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bumping the state\u2019s storage under contract to 30 GWh, the latest tender round meets the NSW Roadmap\u2019s legislated Minimum Objective of delivering 2 GW of LDS by 2030 and 28 GWh by 2034.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tenders are managed by AusEnergy Services Limited<\/a> (ASL), formerly the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subject to the relevant planning approvals, the largest of the six projects with a nominal storage duration of 10.6 hours include French developer Neoen Australia\u2019s 330 MW \/ 3,500 MWh Great Western Battery, in Wallerawang, near Lithgow, 140 kilometres northwest of Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore and Norway headquartered BW ESS Australia\u2019s 233 MW \/ 2,676 MWh Bannaby Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the Southern Tablelands, with nominal storage duration of 11.5 hours, and Korea Zinc subsidiary Ark Energy\u2019s 250 MW \/ 2,414 MWh (9.7 hours) Bowmans Creek BESS<\/a>, in the Upper Hunter, have also been successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two projects near Armidale, 481 kilometres north of Sydney, include Spanish renewable energy developer FRV Services Australia\u2019s 158 MW \/ 1,440 MWh (9.1 hours) Armidale East BESS, and US-based Bridge Energy\u2019s 100 MW \/ 870 MWh (8.7 hours) Ebor BESS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in the New England and North West region of NSW, near Tamworth, 111 kilometres south of Armidale, the sixth successful tender has been awarded to Spain headquartered Iberdrola Australia\u2019s 100 MW \/ 1,080 MWh (10.8 hours) Kingswood BESS.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe said the six big batteries mean NSW is on track to \u201csmash out\u201d storage targets, harvesting the sun and the wind, so NSW can be powered around the clock and put downward pressure on prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not stopping here \u2013 NSW will support more projects, so we\u2019re ready for a grid powered by renewable energy, supported by gas,\u201d Sharpe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASL Chief Executive Officer Nevenko Codevelle said it\u2019s encouraging to see proponents utilising and valuing the flexibility of the LTESA product to suit their project\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese agreements also deliver value to consumers by unlocking investment into additional capacity that can reduce price volatility,\u201d Codevelle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re about to see the first LDS projects contracted through these tenders come online. These are eight-hour-plus storage projects that would not otherwise have reached financial close or delivered energy for NSW consumers. It\u2019s a very exciting time for the NSW energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two more long duration storage tenders are currently scheduled in the second quarter of 2026 and another in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are no guarantees of further LDS tenders beyond this point, so we expect competition to strengthen even further for these future tender rounds,\u201d Codevelle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next LDS tender will commence in Q2 2026, seeking 12 GWh of projects, followed by a further 12 GWh in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASL will recommence tenders for the Generation LTESA, with a tender seeking 2.5 GW of projects also scheduled to start in Q2 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Neoen Australia\u2019s 330 MW \/ 3,500 MWh Great Western BESS is the largest long duration battery awarded a contract through the NSW Roadmap Tender Round 6.Image: Neoen Australia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A tender seeking 500 MW of firming and demand response projects that can be operational by the end of 2027<\/a> is currently underway scheduled to be completed by the end of May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap (launched 2020) is a 20-year, legislated plan to transition the state\u2019s energy system to cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It focuses on building Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) to replace aging coal-fired power stations with 12GW of renewable energy and 2GW of storage by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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