Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub
One of the most advanced large scale BESS project in Victoria and will be one of the biggest batteries in the world.
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The Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH) will be the largest BESS in Victoria with up to 1,200MW of charge/discharge capacity and is the cornerstone asset of the broader Australian BESS portfolio.
With approval for up to 2.4GWh of energy storage, MREH will be one of the biggest batteries in the world and capable of servicing more than 1,100,000 households for up to 4 hours.
MREH is located in Plumpton, Victoria, approximately 27 km north-west of the Melbourne CBD.
Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub will store renewable energy for use in Melbourne when it is needed and also absorb excess roof-top solar from Victorian homes as it flows back into the transmission grid. The project is designed with innovative inverter technology to support the transmission grid's voltage and frequency, and replace 'system inertia' that is lost when coal and gas fired power stations retire over the next decade.
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Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub has gazetted planning approval for a 2.4GWh battery. All environmental and community studies were completed over the last three years. The development work was initiated by a Victorian based renewable energy developer, Syncline Energy, following an extensive study for suitable sites across Victoria with due consideration given to key attributes such as safety, community engagement and grid connection.
Equis is partnered with Kinaway to support Kinaway's purpose in providing business support and advice, help improve visibility and networks, strengthen relationships and create opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander businesses.
When fully developed, Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub will include a 'circular economy' and manufacturing solution for the recycling of battery cells and a facility to make hydrogen from excess reclaimed water from nearby urban communities.
Some impact on the rocky habitat preferred by Striped Legless Lizard (Delma Impar) was unavoidable as it occurs in the most heavily weeded section of Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub.
Accordingly, Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub is supporting this endangered species by funding an ecology program over ten years at a recently discovered striped legless lizard habitat just outside Kyneton.
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