Wärtsilä selected as the preferred contractor to deliver one of Australia’s largest energy storage projects
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press Release 20 April 2023 at 8 AM EESTTechnology group Wärtsilä has been selected by Origin Energy as the preferred contractor to deliver the first phase, 460 megawatts (MW) and 920 megawatt hours (MWh), of what will be one of Australia’s largest energy storage projects. The Eraring battery will be installed at Origin’s Eraring Power Station. Origin may elect to expand the battery to 700 MW and 2,800 MWh in the future. The companies have signed an engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) contract with a total value of slightly more than 300 MEUR, Wärtsilä’s largest single