Utility-scale energy storage solutions provider Energy Vault has struck a deal with ACEN Australia to build two new battery energy storage systems totalling 400 MWh alongside the 720 MW New England Solar Farm being developed in northern New South Wales.
The Australian arm of Philippines-based energy company ACEN Corp has signed an agreement with United States-headquartered company Energy Vault to install two battery energy storage systems with a combined 200 MW / 400 MWh capacity.
Under the agreement, Energy Vault will deploy a 50 MW / 100 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) and a separate 150 MW / 300 MWh battery at the site of ACEN’s multi-stage 720 MW New England solar project being developed near Uralla in northern New South Wales (NSW).
The parties said construction on both battery energy storage systems, being developed by ACEN in collaboration with Marubeni Asian Power Singapore, is expected to…
