Victorian government-owned water authority GWMWater is branching into large-scale renewable energy generation with construction set to begin on a 6.5 MW solar array and battery energy storage system near the town of Nhill in the state’s west.
The Nhill Renewable Energy Facility will include a 6.5 MW solar farm comprising more than 9,000 PV panels and a 2.75 MW / 6.7 MWh battery energy storage system. The system is being jointly developed by Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water (GWMWater) and South Australian-headquartered energy infrastructure company Vibe Energy.
The renewable energy facility will be jointly owned and operated by the two parties with energy generated by the asset to offset grid electricity use across GWMWater’s operations.
GWMWater Managing Director Mark Williams said the Nhill project is part of organisation’s broader clean energy strategy that is aiming to combine new energy generation…
