Energy Park starting to take shape

CONSTRUCTION of Pacific Green’s Limestone Coast Energy Park will get underway on March 24 marking a significant step toward the company’s objective to build a 10GWh development pipeline of energy parks throughout Australia.

Work will commence with site establishment that will include fencing and general site preparation to ensure the area is safe for contractors and to accept long lead items such as construction machinery and the larger structural components of the battery units in around 6 months’ time.

The Limestone Coast Energy Park is comprised of two grid-scale co-located battery assets – Limestone Coast North and Limestone Coast West.

Located 10 km from Mount Gambier, these projects will significantly boost energy storage capacity, enhance the state’s energy stability and provide a significant contribution to Australia’s net-zero targets.

Construction will commence with Limestone Coast North, which is expected to run for 23 months when the energy park will become operational.

Pacific Green Australia managing director and CEO Joel Alexander said they were excited to commence construction of our first Australian Energy Park in the Limestone Coast Region.

“A priority will be to ensure we can support as many local suppliers as possible throughout all stages of construction, and I am thrilled to see a number of local businesses already engaged in our early works,” Mr Alexander said.

Over the coming months members of the community are likely to see trucks transporting material to site.

Detailed work is underway to develop a transport plan for larger items that will be used to construct the battery cell components of the energy park.

These items are likely to be transported to site in about six months’ time via lorries. Further updates will be provided to the community as soon as this detail is known.

Pacific Green is working with local authorities and the local councils who will direct the company on the most suitable routes for all transport to site.

Larger vehicle movements will avoid school routes, events and other key routes and times advised by council and road management authorities to ensure impact on the community is minimised.