NT to get 'grid forming' big battery as Darwin site hits con

Civil and building works have now been completed on the site of the Northern Territory’s $45 million big battery, known as the Darwin-Katherine Battery Energy Storage System. The 35 MVA battery is being delivered by Hitachi Energy and will deploy Virtual Synchronous Machine technology, allowing it to provide virtual inertia and system strength services to the grid.

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