Indeed, solar-plus-storage projects feature prominently among successful bids, led by ACEN Australia’s 600MW Birriwa Solar project in New South Wales (NSW), which integrates 2.4GWh of battery storage, one of the largest co-located storage systems awarded in the tender round.
Spark Renewables secured two hybrid solar developments in NSW: the 300MW Dinawan Solar Hybrid paired with 1.2GWh of storage, and the 180MW Wattle Creek Solar Hybrid with 720MWh of battery capacity. Combined, these three solar projects alone deliver 4.32GWh of energy storage to the NEM.
Queensland’s Bungaban Wind Energy Project, developed by Windlab, will deliver 1.15GW of wind generation alongside 1.4GWh of battery storage, making it one of the largest hybrid developments in the tender and a significant addition to the state’s dispatchable renewable capacity.
The 1.5GW Yanco Delta Wind Farm operated by Origin Energy in NSW represents the largest single project and Australia’s biggest wind development to date, though details on integrated storage capacity have not been disclosed.
The prevalence of storage-integrated projects mirrors outcomes from Western Australia’s CIS Tender 5, which awarded 1.9GW of renewables with battery storage (3.7GWh), with storage forming a core component of successful bids.
