Neoen seeks EPC contractor for 200-MW battery within Queensland power hub

France’s Neoen SA (EPA:NEOEN) is moving forward with the construction of a 460-MWp solar park in Queensland and will start building a 200-MW/400 MWh battery at the site before the end of this year.

The capacity will create a complex dubbed the Western Downs Green Power Hub. In a project update released on Tuesday, the French company said it is currently running a consultation process to appoint a principal contractor to install the energy storage facility.

Meanwhile, construction is progressing at the AUD-600-million (USD 412.9m/EUR 416.2m) solar park, which already has more than 60% of its modules in place. All cables and inverter stations have been installed and the commissioning is “well underway,” Neoen said. As recently announced by the state government, power has been fed into the grid from 100 MW of the capacity.

Located close to Powerlink’s transmission network and an existing substation, the solar farm is expected to produce more than 1,080 GWh per year once fully operational. Queensland's publicly-owned clean energy company CleanCo is the offtaker of 320 MW of the capacity.

According to the project's website, the solar farm is due to be fully commissioned in 2023, while the battery will be switched on a year later.

(AUD 1.0 = USD 0.688/EUR 0.694)

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