Amazon holds a PPA for the solar generation component of the project and has now signed an additional PPA covering the battery storage system, making Winton North one of a small number of projects in Australia where a single corporate offtaker has contracted both the generation and storage output under separate bilateral agreements.
Matt O’Rourke, Amazon Web Services’ head of infrastructure policy for Australia and New Zealand, confirmed the expanded partnership.
“We are proud to be expanding our partnership with European Energy by signing a new battery storage agreement alongside our existing solar PPA for the Winton North solar farm,” O’Rourke said.
“Co-locating battery storage with solar generation means clean energy can be stored and dispatched when the grid needs it most, helping strengthen reliability as Australia transitions to renewables.”
Meanwhile, Catriona McLeod, country manager Australia at European Energy, said the project demonstrates growing demand for flexible, contracted renewable energy assets.
