Dept of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water
Capacity Investment Boosts 4 New WA Projects
Four new projects in Western Australia have been successful under the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS).
The CIS encourages new investment in clean dispatchable capacity – like battery storage and generation such as solar and wind.
The successful clean dispatchable capacity projects will be able to deliver 654 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy, more than the tender size of 500 MWh. This is enough to supply the peak electricity load for over 600,000 homes in WA for four hours.
Projects are scheduled to be operational by October 2027 and align with WA’s unique Reserve Capacity Mechanism.
The successful projects are:
The projects will provide important back up to Western Australia’s south-west grid including Perth, ensuring reliability particularly at times of peak demand.
This is the first CIS tender in WA, and follows successful tenders in the eastern states, including:
The successful projects in this tender have committed a total investment of $145 million in shared benefits to local project communities and $41.5 million in initiatives for local First Nations groups.
The next WA tender is scheduled for mid-2025.
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/capacity-investment-scheme-supports-four-new-projects-wa