The Australian federal and Western Australian state governments are rolling out 18 new community batteries which will provide a combined 6.6 megawatts (MW) of storage capacity for residents in Perth and Bunbury.
Western Power, the state-owned operator of the WA electricity network, has already begun construction the 18 new community batteries which will be used to soak up local solar generation to redeploy during the evening peak.
All 18 batteries are expected to be online by the middle of next year and will consist of 13 low-voltage batteries spread around Perth’s suburbs, and another 5 medium-voltage batteries in the city of Bunbury.
Locations for each of the batteries were selected in consultation with local governments and residents and chosen to help manage the network in areas with particularly high rooftop solar uptake.
Around 130 households will be connected to each of the 13 batteries in and around Perth, while around 3,600 households will be connected across the five larger Bunbury sites.
