CLP Boosting Energy Security with Large Scale Batteries for Katherine and Alice Springs: Edgington I Australian Rural & Regional News

CLP boosting energy security with large scale batteries for Katherine and Alice Springs: Edgington I Australian Rural & Regional News

The Hon. Steve Edgington, Minister for Essential Services, Media Release, 20 April 2026 The Finocchiaro CLP Government is delivering stronger, more reliable power for Alice Springs and Katherine, with an $82.1 million investment in battery energy storage. Territory Generation has awarded Pacific Energy a contract to deliver the next phase of the battery energy storage system (BESS) program. A Pacific Energy battery project in WA, which is simil…

Territory plans big batteries for Katherine and Alice Springs

Pacific Energy has been tapped by the Northern Territory government to deliver two large scale battery energy storage systems to support the Alice Springs and Darwin–Katherine power systems.Northern Territory government-owned utility Territory Generation has awarded remote and off-grid power specialist Pacific Energy a contract to install a combined 33.5 MW / 81 MWh of battery energy storage capacity across the Alice Springs and Darwin-Katherine…

Major BESS expansion planned for Alice Springs and Darwin–Katherine

Image: Pacific EnergyPacific Energy has secured a contract to deliver the next stage of Territory Generation’s Battery Energy Storage System Program, expanding large-scale energy storage across the Northern Territory.  The project will see utility-scale battery systems deployed across the Alice Springs and Darwin–Katherine power systems. Once operational, the batteries are expected to enhance system stability and efficiency, while enabling great…