AGL to start building grid-scale battery on site of former Liddell coal-fired power plant

Company hails battery ‘another significant milestone in AGL’s decarbonisation pathway and the transition of its energy portfolio’

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A 500-megawatt bank of energy storage on the site of the defunct Liddell coal-fired power plant has been given the green light.

AGL Energy on Tuesday announced it has reached a final investment decision on the two-hour duration, grid-scale battery in the Hunter region of New South Wales after closing the power station in 2023.

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