Following commissioning of the Limondale BESS, the battery has successfully undergone grid compliance and performance tests, demonstrating the plant’s ability to safely operate at maximum capacity. Located adjacent to the RWE Limondale Solar Farm near Balranald in southern New South Wales, the battery helps reduce network pressures during peak demand, supporting a more flexible and secure electricity system.
The project, which was sized at 8 hours in response to the New South Wales Government’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, was the first to receive a Long Duration Storage (LDS) Long-Term Energy Service Agreement (LTESA) as part of the first tender undertaken by ASL (an AEMO subsidiary). This award underscored early investment in LDS projects, highlighting the project’s important role in supporting the state’s energy transition and integrating renewable energy sources. In addition to Tesla, RWE has partnered with Beon Energy Solutions, Lumea and Transgrid to deliver the project.
RWE Renewables Australia
RWE has been present in Australia since 2013. In 2021, the company commissioned the Limondale Solar Farm in Balranald, New South Wales. The large-scale 314 MWac solar farm is made up of 872,000 panels and generates enough electricity to power about 105,000 homes per year.
RWE’s Australian team is developing a portfolio of wind, solar, and battery storage projects across the country, supported by the global RWE team. RWE's Theodore Wind Farm in Queensland, which has a planned capacity of around 1 GW, has received Development Approval and is working through the federal EPBC process.
Battery storage at RWE
- RWE develops, builds and operates battery storage systems in the US, Europe and Australia;
- the company currently operates battery storage systems with a total capacity of 1.7 gigawatts (GW), with a further approximately 2.5 GW under construction.
