Construction to begin on one of Queensland’s biggest battery energy storage systems

Construction will soon begin on one of Queensland’s biggest battery energy storage systems (BESS), following the Supernode project reaching financial completion.

With a capacity of 250MW/2hr, the energy storage system will enable the efficient storage of surplus solar and wind energy and aid in the displacement of coal and other emissions-intensive generation sources.

The Supernode project is located near the South Pine electricity substation in Brendale.

Origin Energy has committed to the full capacity of stage one of works which involves the construction of the system. Following stage one, a data storage facility is planned to be added to the site.

Queensland Premier Steven Miles commented on the construction.

“Renewable energy generation and storage like this will power us towards our 70% renewable energy targets,” he said.

“Responsible emissions targets are essential to jobs in our existing industries like mining, agriculture and manufacturing, and it’s the key to creating more jobs in the new industries of the future, here in the south east and right across Queensland.”

Stage one of Supernode is part of a $2.5b data centre integrated facility powered by renewables and battery storage.