CS Energy worked with Tesla and Downer to deliver the Chinchilla Battery, which is the first operational project in the Kogan Clean Energy Hub.

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The project has undergone a comprehensive commissioning program to test the battery under a range of operating conditions, ensuring it operates safely and reliably.

“Getting the Chinchilla Battery ready for commercial operation has taken a large effort from many people and teams across our entire business, from the team at site who will operate and maintain the asset to our traders in Brisbane who will dispatch its output into the grid,” CS Energy CEO Darren Busine said.

“This project, along with our other projects planned for the Kogan Clean Energy Hub, shows that CS Energy is here for the long term in the Western Downs community.”

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The Chinchilla Battery comprises 80 Tesla Megapack 2 systems. It uses lithium iron phosphate (also known as lithium ferro phosphate [LFP], or LiFePO4) batteries, which are the safest lithium batteries currently available.

Construction contractor Downer spent more than $3 million on suppliers and subcontractors in the Chinchilla and Dalby region during the construction phase.

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One of Australia’s newest and most efficient coal-fired power stations, Kogan Creek Power Station’s ‘tune up’ will see more than 400 extra workers onsite and flow-on economic benefits to the Darling Downs.

The power station features high-efficiency, super-critical boiler technology and has one of the lowest greenhouse gas emission intensities for a coal-fired power station in Australia.

“As the electricity industry transitions to a lower carbon generation mix over the coming decades, it is critical that reliable base load generators like Kogan Creek Power Station are well maintained to provide security of supply for Queensland,” CS Energy CEO Martin Moore said.

“When operating at its full capacity of 750MW, Kogan Creek can generate enough electricity to power up to one million homes.

“Kogan Creek Power Station is also highly water efficient as it uses dry cooling technology, which results in 95 per cent less water use than a conventional wet cooled power station.”

The overhaul’s major contractors Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Siemens and Australian Laboratory Services have mobilised their workforces on site at Kogan Creek Power Station for the overhaul.

A number of Kogan Creek Power Station’s regular local suppliers in Chinchilla and Dalby are also assisting with the overhaul, including Regional Instrumentation and Electrical Services, Chinchilla Fluid Power, Healy Contracting and Daybreak Equipment.

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