New Tomago battery project will power 200,000 homes during peak demand

New Tomago battery project will power 200,000 homes during peak demand

AGL's $1billion Tomago Battery will have the capacity to power about 200,000 homes during peak demand periods.

$1 billion Tomago BESS approved in NSW - Ecogeneration

Image: malp/stock.adobe.comThe NSW Government has approved a $1 billion battery energy storage systеm [BESS] near Newcastle. The project, to be developed by AGL near Raymond Terrace in the Tomago area, will be one of the state’s largest battery installations, capable of powering approximately 200,000 homes during peak demand periods. The massive 500-megawatt (MW) battery, with a storage capacity of 2000 megawatt-hours (MWh), will play a crucial…

NSW approves 2 GWh battery energy storage system

AGL has secured state planning approval to build a 500 MW battery with four hours of dispatchable capacity near Newcastle on the New South Wales Central Coast.The New South Wales (NSW) government confirmed it has provided planning approval for the proposed 500 MW / 2,000 MWh Tomago battery energy storage system to be built, operated and maintained by energy generating and retailing major AGL. In its assessment report, the NSW Department of Plann…