UGL starts construction at Neoen’s Muchea Battery project

Engineering and operation institution UGL has commenced operation enactment astatine Neoen’s Muchea Battery task successful Western Australia (WA), marking the commencement of tract works for the company’s archetypal six-hour long-duration retention task utilizing Tesla Megapacks batteries nether a Tesla EPC-led delivery.

The stand-alone plus is designed for 164MW/905 megawatt-hours (MWh) and volition link to Western Power’s web via the adjacent Muchea substation.

Early works see upgrading a 1.3km entree roadworthy and mounting up the main laydown area, improving tract entree and allowing the task to determination into bulk civilian works.

UGL reported dependable maturation successful the on-site workforce and said further teams volition mobilise for civilian foundations, electrical works, artillery installation and commissioning arsenic the docket progresses.

The task squad has focused connected approvals for enactment wrong the state pipeline corridor and the roadworthy reserve.

UGL cited collaboration with the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline team, the Shire of Chittering and Main Roads WA to enactment compliance and ongoing construction.

Major civilian works are expected to beryllium completed successful the coming months, up of the transportation of Tesla Megapack batteries and related infrastructure.

The task is located astir 2km northbound of Muchea and astir 43km north-east of Perth, wrong the Shire of Chittering. It occupies a azygous freehold tract connected Byrne Road spanning astir 5 hectares.

The Muchea Battery installation volition proviso highest request capableness and supply grid stableness and reliability services to enactment the integration of further renewable energy.

UGL task manager Sandeep Kamath said: “Muchea is an important task for the state, our lawsuit and our partners. From time one, we person focused connected gathering a beardown information culture, moving intimately with stakeholders and delivering high-quality outcomes.

“This task shows what tin beryllium achieved done planning, teamwork and a shared committedness to excellence.”

UGL says its nationalist artillery portfolio includes 3.6 gigawatt-hours (GWh) installed and commissioned crossed 13 star farms, 2.15GWh nether construction, and 8 batteries delivered, including the Western Downs Battery, with 3 artillery projects presently nether way.

In July 2025, UGL won a $114m (A$161.78m) declaration to enactment Western Power’s vigor modulation programme.

The enactment formed portion of the WA Government-funded Clean Energy Link-North project, which aimed to alteration large-scale renewable vigor generation.

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