Gannawarra Energy Storage System (GESS) is a grid-connected

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adjacent to the Gannawarra Solar Farm in Wandella in the

Shire of Gannawarra The Shire of Gannawarra is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021 had a population of 10,683. It includes the towns of Cohuna, Kerang, Koondrook, Le ...

, 14km west of

Kerang Kerang is a town on the Loddon River in north-central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, cytisus proliferus, lucerne and grain. It is located no ...

. The Gannawarra Energy Storage System was partially funded by grants from the

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and the

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. It is owned by Wirsol and Edify Energy and operated by

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. The batteries were provided by

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and Engineering, procurement and construction was provided by RCR Tomlinson. It helps to ease the demand on a constrained transmission line and balances higher levels of renewable energy on the grid. It first exported electricity to the grid in October 2018.

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