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A solar and battery project Gannawarra, Victoria, completed in 2018 with some support from ARENA. Image: ARENA.

Coal power station retires to fond farewell as massive battery project steps in to take its place

March 11, 2021
Australian energy retailer EnergyAustralia has said that it will build a 350MW, four-hour standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project to enable one of its coal-fired power plants to be retired “after decades of faithful service”.
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