Australia’s second Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender will be launched in the middle of this month, targeting 500 MW/2,000 MWh of projects with a discharge capacity dispatchable over four hours.
The Solomon BESS unit in Pilbara, Western Australia. Image by: Pacific Energy.
Australia’s second Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender will be launched in the middle of this month, targeting 500 MW/2,000 MWh of projects with a discharge capacity dispatchable over four hours.
The update was made by the federal government in a market brief on Tuesday to present the key design elements of the upcoming tender. The competitive process will be managed by AEMO Services, with final specifics of the tender design to be released shortly.
Eligible projects should be in Western Australia and connect to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS). They will be required to offer at least two hours of discharge duration and a capacity of over 30 MW.
The second CIS auction will be carried out under Australia’s expanded CIS programme, which was expanded last November to support the delivery of 32 GW of renewable and clean dispatchable power by 2030. The capacity will be allocated via tenders run every six months between 2024 to 2027, which will back the national 82% renewable energy target by 2030.
Australia completed its pilot CIS auction last November, awarding over 1 GW of firming capacity via six projects in New South Wales.
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