ASL selects AGL, Enel X for 532MW of new NSW firming capacity

AusEnergy Services (ASL) has contracted 2 caller firming projects successful New South Wales (NSW), Australia, with a combined capableness of 532MW, pursuing the seventh circular of its Roadmap Tender for Firming Infrastructure.

The agreements, which person been awarded done semipermanent vigor work agreements (LTESAs), are intended to fortify energy grid reliability by the extremity of November 2027.

ASL confirmed the allocation of LTESAs for a 500MW artillery vigor retention strategy (BESS) being built astatine Tomago by AGL and a 32MW virtual powerfulness works (VPP) led by Enel X Australia.

These projects purpose to amended proviso reliability during periods of precocious request and code forecast proviso shortfalls successful the Sydney-Newcastle-Wollongong area.

Both projects volition proviso a combined 2.13GW-hours (GWh) of firming capacity.

The Tomago Battery task is simply a four-hour duration, grid-scale plus astatine the Tomago Industrial Estate betwixt the Pacific Highway and Old Punt Road.

Construction connected the BESS started successful December 2025, with operations planned for the 2nd fractional of 2027. The task is expected to employment 200 radical during operation and six successful ongoing roles.

Fluence was selected arsenic the engineering, procurement and operation contractor. The estimated concern for the task is A$800m ($572m).

Enel X Australia’s VPP involves aggregating up to 32MW of flexible demand, chiefly from commercialized and concern users passim the Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Newcastle and Lower Hunter regions.

This VPP aims to supply accelerated enactment to the grid by reducing oregon shifting energy request during captious periods and is scheduled to statesman commercialized operations by aboriginal July 2027.

With these caller projects, the NSW Roadmap present has a contracted full of much than 1.5GW of firming capacity, including capableness secured successful erstwhile tenders.

All firming projects holding LTESAs indispensable enactment the grid during Lack of Reserve events, complying with obligations to proviso energy erstwhile determination is simply a hazard of request exceeding supply.

ASL CEO Nevenka Codevelle said: “A cardinal payment of these contracts is they necessitate projects to enactment the strategy erstwhile consumers request them most, with show obligations that necessitate projects to marque capableness disposable during Lack of Reserve 2 and 3 events.

“Each project’s quality to enactment the strategy during these times of request was an important information successful the tender.”

ASL intends to behaviour different tender for further firming infrastructure successful 2026 oregon 2027, aiming for operational readiness by 2033–34.

Two further tenders, owed to unfastened this month, volition question to adhd 2.5GW of procreation capableness and 12GWh of long-duration retention to NSW’s energy system.