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Plans unveiled for world’s biggest battery in the Hunter Valley – ABC News
A former NSW premier is behind a bid to set up a massive battery in a Hunter Valley town that could use an economic pick-me-up.
Planning is underway for the world’s largest battery to be built in the NSW Hunter Valley, with the company behind it confident that it will be up and running in two years.
Key points:
- CEP Energy is proposing a 1,200MW battery for a site in the NSW Hunter Valley
- The battery would store mainly solar-generated power
- There are concerns about the battery’s impact on the habitat of an endangered bird, the regent honeyeater
CEP Energy, whose chairman is former NSW premier Morris Iemma, has secured a 30-year…
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