The BESS will connect to the National Electricity Market (NEM) via a transmission line to the existing Yanco Substation, which will require augmentation to accommodate the additional infrastructure.
Three potential design options for the transmission connection are under assessment. The project is also subject to environmental assessment under the New South Wales planning framework as State Significant Development (SSD), meaning the EPBC submission is the federal component of a dual approval pathway already in progress.
Construction is expected to take 18 to 24 months, with a peak workforce of approximately 45 full-time equivalent personnel. The facility would have a design life of up to 30 years and a small operational workforce.
At the end of life, the project would be either decommissioned and rehabilitated to pre-existing land use or repowered under a separate development application.
Samsung C&T’s Australian renewable energy arm is the local development division of Samsung C&T Corporation, the South Korean conglomerate’s construction and trading business.
