Western Australia has locked in federal government funding to build a minimum 6.5 TWh of large-scale solar and wind projects and 1.1 GW of new storage to help ensure the electricity grid remains stable as the state continues its renewable energy transition.
Western Australia has inked an agreement with the federal government which will underwrite developers to build at least 6.5 TWh of new solar and wind power across the state. The federal support will also see it underwrite 1.1 GW of new energy storage capacity to provide additional stability and flexibility to the grid as it transitions to variable renewable energy.
The announcement of the Renewable Energy Transformation Agreement coincided with the opening of registrations for the first Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender for Western Australia. This tender aims to deliver 500 MW of four-hour equivalent, or 2,000 MWh, of dispatchable capacity…
