Company to ramp up flexibility technologies
Located on the site of the former Hazelwood power plant in the Australian state of Victoria, the Hazelwood Battery Electricity Storage System (HBESS) is a utility-scale battery of 150 MW / 150 MWh, making it ENGIE’s largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) anywhere in the world.
By improving the stability of the electrical grid, HBESS will thus allow development of new renewable energy production capacity to be stepped up to meet market demand.
Commissioning of this facility is fully in line with ENGIE’s ambition to ramp up flexibility technologies and accelerate the development of battery storage. HBESS will contribute to the Group’s target of 10 GW of installed battery capacity by 2030, announced last February.
“HBESS is an illustration of ENGIE’s commitment to developing assets that provide flexibility to energy systems. Energy storage solutions such as batteries play a major role in accelerating the energy transition while guaranteeing electrical grid reliability,” remarked Sébastien Arbola, Executive Vice President, Flex Gen & Retail activities.
