RWE Wellington Town BESS

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RWE Renewables Australia is proposing to construct a standalone, lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Wellington in New South Wales, on a site immediately adjacent to the Wellington Town substation. The entire site is located within the Dubbo Regional Council Local Government Area and the Central West Catchment Management Authority. Renewable energy generation is an emerging sector within the broader region, and the development footprint is located within the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (CWO REZ), which was formally declared in November 2021 by the NSW Government. The CWO REZ aims to unlock at least 3 gigawatts (GW) of new network capacity by the mid-2020s, which is enough to power 1.4 million Australian homes. The region has enormous potential to contribute renewable energy to the National Electricity Market (NEM), support jobs, and drive investment.