Bidding has been launched in a 6 GW tender for renewable energy capacity in Australia, the country’s largest single auction of this kind, while a solicitation in New South Wales has opened for proposals for up to 1 GW of battery storage capacity.
The Australian federal government on Friday started the submissions period as part of the 6 GW auction, the first one from a series of half-yearly competitions to be held under the country’s expanded 32 GW Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) for dispatchable and variable capacity.
New South Wales will be the largest beneficiary of the tender round as at least 2.2 GW of the capacity on offer is reserved for the southeastern state. Around 1.4 GW will be allocated to Victoria, while Tasmania and South Australia will each get 300 MW. The remaining 1.8 GW is set aside for projects across the National Electricity Market, including Queensland.
Proposals will be accepted by July 1. All of the selected projects should be completed by 2027.
For Western Australia, the first round of tenders will open mid-year, offering 500 MW of dispatchable power through storage.
Meanwhile, New South Wales has kicked off its largest energy storage tender so far, seeking to award up to 1 GW of projects that can deliver at least eight hours of long-duration storage. The call aims to back the state’s goal of having 2 GW of batteries in operation by 2030.
The NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap Tender 5 is open to projects connecting to new planned infrastructure across Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) within the state or to existing state-wide infrastructure facilities.
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