I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Australia has activated the Limondale battery in New South Wales, the nation's first eight-hour duration grid storage facility. Powered by 144 Tesla Megapacks with a capacity of 50 MW / 400 MWh, it discharges four times longer than typical two-hour batteries. Located near an existing solar farm and registered on the National Electricity Market, the system charges at 100 MW but discharges at 50 MW.
Australia just switched on its longest-duration grid battery, and it runs on 144 Tesla Megapacks.
RWE’s Limondale battery in New South Wales can discharge for a full eight hours — four times longer than the two-hour batteries that dominate the Australian grid. It’s the first project of its kind in the country.
The battery sits at 50 MW / 400 MWh, near Balranald in the state’s south-west, right next to RWE’s existing Limondale solar farm. It’s now registered and operating on the National Electricity Market after getting its final operational sign-off from grid operator AEMO earlier this year.
Charging twice as fast as it discharges
Limondale is built to charge at roughly 100 MW but discharge at only 50 MW. Most grid batteries charge and discharge at the same rate. This one doesn’t.