Dalrymple ESCRI battery

The Dalrymple ESCRI battery (Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration) is a 30 MW / 8 MW·h grid-connected battery array near Stansbury on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. Its role is to provide improved reliability and stability to the electricity network on Yorke Peninsula and South Australia.

Dalrymple ESCRI battery
CountryAustralia
Coordinates34.936°S 137.744°E / -34.936; 137.744
StatusOperational
Construction beganOctober 2017
Commission dateJune 2018
Owner(s)ElectraNet
Operator(s)AGL Energy
Power generation
Nameplate capacity30 MW
Storage capacity8 MW·h
External links
Websitedalrymple escri-sa battery project

The battery is installed adjacent to the Dalrymple substation, seven kilometres southwest of Stansbury. Dalrymple substation is at the end of a 275 kV power line into the peninsula. It feeds 33 kV lines to various towns across the lower end of the peninsula and receives electricity generated by the Wattle Point Wind Farm.

The facility is able to store excess generation from Wattle Point Wind Farm as well as a colocated solar farm and is expected to provide a similar service to the Hornsdale Power Reserve in the Mid North of the state.[1]

The battery was constructed by Consolidated Power Projects with ABB and Samsung components. It was part-funded by a grant from the Commonwealth Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).[2] It was commissioned in June and July 2018. It provides frequency control to the grid, and also enables the possibility for Yorke Peninsula to operate independently of the wider grid in the event of a system failure.[3]

References
  1. Slessor, Camron (16 January 2019). "South Australia's new big battery unveiled in bid to improve power security". ABC.
  2. "ElectraNet awards contract to build Yorke Peninsula battery". ElectraNet. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. Parkinson, Giles (26 June 2018). "South Australia's second big battery charges into action". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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