Envision and Fera, which entered the Australian market in 2019, plan to develop a major pipeline of projects totalling up to\u00a01 gigawatt of wind generation capacity and 1.5 GWh of battery energy storage.<\/p>\n
Envision specialises in wind turbines, energy storage, and green hydrogen technologies, including an\u00a0ammonia production facility that was commissioned in China just this week, claiming to be the world\u2019s largest<\/a>. <\/p>\n Fera launched in Australia in 2019, marking its first foray outside of Italy, and has already identified four wind projects across Victoria and Tasmania, including Wombelano.<\/p>\n \u201cThis collaboration represents a major step forward in demonstrating how hybrid wind and storage solutions can unlock new possibilities for\u00a0Australia\u2019s\u00a0energy future,\u201d said\u00a0Kane Xu, the president of international product line of Envision Energy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to delivering projects that set new benchmarks for clean, flexible power.\u201d<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s first \u201cDC-coupled\u201d wind and battery project is preparing to power up in central western Victoria, as part of a one-turbine pilot retrofit at Goldwind\u2019s 312 megawatt Moorabool wind farm.<\/p>\n The hybridisation of renewable and storage projects has become a major trend in Australia, but until now has been confined to solar hybrid projects. It is where a solar PV facility and a big battery share the same connection point, and are viewed by the market operator as one asset.<\/p>\n The DC-coupled solar-battery configuration \u2013 first seen a grid-scale\u00a0at the 128 megawatt (MW) Cunderdin solar farm<\/a>\u00a0in Western Australia \u2013 also allows the solar power to be fed directly into a battery without needing to convert it to AC power first, improving efficiency and reducing costs.<\/p>\n Goldwind detailed its plans to deliver Australia\u2019s first take on DC-coupled wind and storage earlier this year\u00a0on LinkedIn<\/a>, with a video depicting the journey of the 2 MW\/4.8 MWh GoldBlock battery energy storage system (BESS) from ChangZhou to the project site at Moorabool.<\/p>\n