The Broken Hill Hydrostor Project-Compressed Air Energy Storage System is a 200,000kW energy storage project located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The rated storage capacity of the project is 1,600,000kWh.
The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses compressed air storage as its storage technology. The project will be commissioned in 2024.
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Description
The Broken Hill Hydrostor Project-Compressed Air Energy Storage System is owned by Energy Estate Pty (50%) and Hydrostor (50%).
The key application of the project is renewable energy integration.
Contractors involved
Energy Estate Pty and Hydrostor are the owners. Hydrostor is the technology provider for the project.
Methodology
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