Community Information Booklet capitalbattery.com.au Gina Zheng, Project Manager [email protected] 1800 966 216 CONTENTS About Neoen 1 South Australia’s Big Battery 2 Delivering cheaper energy 3 Contribution to the Capital 5 What does a battery look like? 7 Project lifecycle 8 What can a battery do? 9 Facts & Figures 11 Choosing the site 12 Managed & operated in Canberra 13 Community Co-investment 14 FAQs 15 GLOBALLY The company is headquartered in Paris, EUROPE & AFRICA France, and has two Australian offices – in Finland Sydney and Canberra. AMERICAS Ireland USA France We operate across renewable energy Mexico Portugal technologies including solar, wind and storage El Salvador Zambia in Europe, Central America, Africa, the Middle Jamaica AUSTRALIA Mozambique East and Australia. Ecuador Australia Colombia Neoen’s total capacity in operation and under Argentina construction is currently over 3 GW and we are aiming for more than 5GW by 2021. LOCALLY Neoen Australia began operations in DeGrussa Solar and Storage Project Western Downs 2012. Over the last eight years the Green Power Hub company has initiated the development Dubbo Solar Hub Hornsdale Wind Farms 1, 2, 3 Parkes Solar Farm of more than 1.5GW of solar and wind Hornsdale Power Reserve Griffith Solar Farm projects through organic growth, local Coleambally Solar Farm partnerships and strategic acquisitions. Bulgana Green Power Hub Numurkah Solar Farm Neoen produce clean electricity from renewable sources such as sunlight and wind using mature, tried and tested technologies. We are also leaders in energy storage. Page 1 WORLD’S FIRST BIG BATTERY HORNSDALE POWER RESERVE FIRST STAGE TOOK LESS THAN SIX MONTHS TO BUILD • 150MW Lithium-ion battery located next to Hornsdale Wind Farm • Owned and operated by Neoen • Installed and maintained by Tesla • Provides grid stability services • Saved SA energy consumers over $150 million in its first two years • Now testing grid scale inertia services in a world-first REDUCES RISK OF BLACKOUT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Page 2 DELIVERING CHEAPER ENERGY FOR INDUSTRY LAVERTON STEELWORKS VICTORIA Laverton Steelworks have agreed to take power from Neoen's 128 MW Numurkah Solar Farm under a 15-year deal. GFG Alliance’s Executive Chairman Sanjeev Gupta said the deal would help lower energy costs at Laverton. DEGRUSSA MINING WESTERN AUSTRALIA DeGrussa is the largest off-grid solar battery storage project in Australia. It powers a gold and copper mine in remote WA. Commissioned in June 2016, it provides a solar and storage solution to the majority of the mine’s daytime electricity requirements, offsetting up to 20% of total diesel consumption annually. NECTAR FARMS VICTORIA Bulgana Green Power Hub, consisting of 196 MW of wind backed by a 20MW battery, is co-located with agri-business Nectar Farms to provide secure and affordable energy. Nectar Farms is using the latest in hydroponic glasshouse and plant technology to create a 10 hectare state of the art facility and over 130 local jobs. Page 3 DELIVERING CHEAPER ENERGY TO RETAILERS ENERGY AUSTRALIA COLEAMBALLY SOLAR FARM Providing energy output of 100 MW of the 150 MW solar farm for 12 years. SIMPLY ENERGY PARKES & GRIFFITH SOLAR FARM Providing 100% of the energy output of the two solar farms for 13 years. ACT Government HORNSDALE WIND FARM Providing 100% of the energy output of the 309 MW wind farm for 20 years, powering ACT’s transition to 100% renewables. Page 4 CONTRIBUTION TO THE Neoen and CIT established the TIME Renewables Skills Centre of Excellence Education 2021 in 2018. The Centre provides practical training in renewables. & research ANU Battery optimisation 2020 CIT Cyber Skills Training 2019 Coleambally/CIT collaboration 2018 GWO Innovation CIT 2017 training Renewables Centre of 2016 Hydrogen Excellence 2015 The Hornsdale Power Reserve futures (SA’s Big Battery) was developed and is managed out of Neoen’s Canberra office. Degrussa Solar & Battery Operation SA Big Battery 2015 2016 100 MW ACT Battery 2017 ANU Grads 2018 & placements 2019 Solcast project Neoen partnered with Canberra Capital Battery based startup, Solcast and ARENA to 2020 provide solar forecasting to AEMO. Community Renewables co-investment ecosystem 2021 Page 5 CAPITAL SINCE 2015 Neoen started contracting with local TIME designer Hillary Lang in 2018. As a result, 2021 Local Hillary was able to quit her full-time job contractors and become a small business owner. ANU Battery 2020 2019 Graphic design 2018 Web design Technical Canberra 2017 consultants staff 2016 Legal & insurance 2015 There are now over 25 staff working in Neoen’s Canberra office, representing 11 nationalities. The company is continuing to grow 2 10 15 25 and the office will expand in 2021. Hornsdale Wind Farm 1 2015 Hornsdale Wind Farm 2 2016 Degrussa Hornsdale Wind Farm 3 Hornsdale Power Reserve 2017 Dubbo, Parkes, 2018 Griffith & Coleambally Bulgana Green Solar Farms Power Hub 2019 Neoen own and operate a total of Numurkah 11 wind, solar and storage 2020 Solar Farm projects. These are all managed 24/7 from Neoen’s Operation Projects Control Centre in Canberra. 2021 TIME in operation Page 6 WHAT DOES A BIG BATTERY LOOK LIKE? Our 150MW battery outside Jamestown, SA co-located with Hornsdale Wind Farm Our 20MW battery in Bulgana, Victoria located next to the Bulgana substation Page 7 PROJECT LIFECYCLE PHASE 1: DEVELOPMENT Community Info Day Choose site Meet local Design land owners Government submission CONTRACT Appoint Grid connection Community Government contractors agreement co-investment scheme approval Arrange finance PHASE 2: CONSTRUCTION Prepare for Hire workers Build Regular construction community updates PHASE 3: OPERATION Testing & accreditation Education initiatives Community Generate Grid celebration electricity connection Operations & maintenance Back to phase 1 Plant operates for 20+ years Site visits Environmental Renewal or & open days monitoring decommission? Decommission Page 8 LIKE A SWISS ARMY KNIFE, A BIG Basic function When there are abundant energy sources, the battery will charge up. When there is high demand for energy from the network, the battery will discharge its stored energy. Frequency support To maintain the stability of the electrical system, the national electricity grid operates 8 frequency control markets. The battery will store and inject electricity, so it can participate in the markets and respond to frequency changes to prevent voltage and frequency collapse. The Capital Battery will also add competition to the markets which helps reduce consumer electricity prices. Page 9 BATTERY CAN DO MANY THINGS Firming renewables Along with wind and solar technologies, large-scale batteries help to firm variable renewable energy. The Capital Battery is an essential component in the stable transition to clean electricity and supports the ACT in achieving emissions reduction targets. Transmission network support Grid-scale batteries can provide dynamic Inertia warp-speed responses so existing As with vehicle suspension on an transmission lines can operate at full uneven road, inertia services are capacity. Like adding another lane to a essential for stabilising the grid freeway, the battery can unlock additional when electricity supply and demand capacity on existing transmission networks fluctuate. A big battery can enable – saving customers millions of dollars in the advanced power inverters to expensive transmission line upgrades. emulate the existing inertia services being supplied by an ageing fleet of fossil fuel power plants. Page 10 FACTS & FIGURES GRID-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM 100MW 200MWh power capacity energy storage 50MW for ACT Government contract Stores an industrial amount of energy, 50MW yet to be contracted discharges quickly on demand 14,000 x more capcity than a household battery THE TECHNOLOGY Battery packs are enclosed in custom designed, dust and waterproof ‘cabinets’ made of galvanised steel. Cabinet colour is white or light coloured to assist with heat management and each cabinet has its own internal thermal management system. Likely to be lithium-ion Will conform to electricity Battery cabinet battery packs enclosed industry standards Width: in steel cabinets , similar 2.5 metres to shipping containers Height: 2.5 metres Will use an industrial inverter to convert DC power to AC Will meet all safety and when discharging (vice versa bushfire risk requirements when charging) Length: 12 metres Inverter Battery brand to be determined Width: 2.5 metres Inverters are made from galvanised steel, and may Height: exist as one single 20ft container or a few outdoor 2.5 metres cabinets on concrete slabs. Length: 12 metres Page 11 CHOOSING THE SITE 1) Good grid location 2) Proximity to substation 3) Site history The Capital Battery will be It will connect into the Studies of the proposed site location centrally located in the national Queanbeyan Substation at have found little to no presence of electricity grid in the ACT, 132kv. This minimises voltage significant ecology systems and connected to the backbone of losses and the amount of cultural artefacts, reducing the the southern-NSW electricity electricity infrastructure (e.g. project’s disturbance on the local network. cabling) required for the project. environment and cultural heritage. CANBERRA Canberra Airport Pialligo Ave Majura Pkwy CAPITAL Queanbeyan Sewage BATTERY SITE Treatment Plant Queanbeyan Substation Existing 132kV transmission line Canberra AveMolonglo River Oaks Estate Rd QUEANBEYAN NEW SOUTH WALES STRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Page 12