Filipino energy major ACEN Corporation has partnered with Australian firm Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation to develop up to 3GW of renewable projects with battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Western Australia. Australia has been a major market for large battery storage systems due to the spread out grid, as well as the increasingly high share of solar power, which has created a strong use case for large energy storage to absorb the extra generation during daylight hours.
The projects will be developed by Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC), in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, known until now for its vast mineral deposits
The first stage of the project will include a 750MW solar-plus-storage project, while the second stage is much larger comprising up to 3GW of solar, wind and BESS.
ACEN has moving aggressively to build up a strong renewable portfolio across Asia and now Oceania, with a series of tie-ups locally to build projects in and beyond its home market of the Phillipines.
