{"id":328373,"date":"2023-01-30T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=328373"},"modified":"2023-01-30T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:50:31","slug":"battery-plan-at-lower-wonga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/01\/30\/battery-plan-at-lower-wonga\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery Plan At Lower Wonga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 30, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A development application has been lodged with Gympie Regional Council to build a lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Lower Wonga.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed development, by Equis Australia, would be constructed on a 10ha block about 800m from the Woolooga Substation on Gympie-Woolooga Road.<\/p>\n<p>The BESS would have a storage capacity of up to 200MW and a discharge capacity of up to 800MWh.<\/p>\n<p>Equis says this is enough power to supply electricity for up to 53,000 homes for four hours.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, the BESS would be connected to Queensland\u2019s electricity grid via a Powerlink transmission line to the 275kV Woolooga Substation.<\/p>\n<p>Equis says the project would create about 425 full-time jobs during construction with five ongoing jobs afterwards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two solar farm developments are located nearby:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lightsource BP&#8217;s 500ha project at Woolooga which is under construction. This development consists of three sites (Woolooga 1, Woolooga 2 Site B and Woolooga 2 Site A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bordstrong Developments&#8217; 350MW project at Lower Wonga. 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