Energy Minister Chris Bowen announces eight new big scale batteries for Australlia

The batteries will come online by 2025 and together would be big enough to power Tasmania for about three hours.Three will be in Victoria – at Gnarwarre, Moorabool and Mortlake – while one will be at Liddell in NSW.Queensland will be home to two, at Mount Fox and Western Downs, while South Australia will also have two, at Bungama and Blyth.They range from 200-300 megawatts each and will have grid-forming inverter technology, which provides stability to the grid usually offered through coal and gas.The government estimates the total value of the projects at $2.7 billion.Mr Bowen said the projects would be some of the biggest batteries rolled out in Australia in the near future.ARENA CEO Darren Miller said the batteries could underpin the transition to renewable energy in Australia.“This pipeline of grid-forming projects will help move us closer to an electricity grid that can…

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