Dalrymple ESCRI battery

Dalrymple ESCRI battery
Country Australia
Coordinates 34°56′10″S 137°44′38″E / 34.936°S 137.744°E / -34.936; 137.744Coordinates: 34°56′10″S 137°44′38″E / 34.936°S 137.744°E / -34.936; 137.744
Construction began October 2017
Commission date June 2018
Owner(s) ElectraNet
Operator(s) AGL Energy
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 30 MW
Storage capacity 8 MWh
Website
https://www.escri-sa.com.au/

The Dalrymple ESCRI battery (Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration) is a 30MW / 8MWh grid-connected battery array on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Its role is to provide improved reliability and stability to the electricity network on Yorke Peninsula and South Australia.

The battery is installed adjacent to the Dalrymple substation, which is at the end of a 275kV power line into the peninsula, and feeds 33kV lines to various towns across the lower end of the peninsula. The substation is also where the Wattle Point Wind Farm feeds electricity into the grid. It is seven kilometres southwest of Stansbury.

The battery was constructed by Consolidated Power Projects with ABB and Samsung components. It was part-funded by a grant from the Commonwealth Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).[1] It was commissioned in June and July of 2018. It provides frequency control to the grid, and also enables the possibility for Yorke Peninsula to operate independently of the wider grid in the event of a system failure.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "ElectraNet awards contract to build Yorke Peninsula battery". ElectraNet. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Parkinson, Giles (26 June 2018). "South Australia's second big battery charges into action". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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