DLA Piper has advised Territory Generation (T-Gen) on the transition to a renewable energy future for the Northern Territory, under their Alice Springs Battery Energy Storage System Project.

Vector Energy has been announced as the preferred supplier to install a 5MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Alice Springs, which will be one of the largest grid-connected storage solutions in Australia.

The DLA Piper team was led by Finance & Projects partner Dan Brown, with senior associate Marnie Carroll, solicitors Codie Gippel and Jasemine Altinkaya, and graduate Christine Chang.

Dan Brown said: "We are proud to have worked with T-Gen on this market-defining renewable energy project. This energy storage system will no doubt be the first of many other renewable energy generation and storage solutions that T-Gen will lead in the region, and we look forward to partnering them again in the future."

T-Gen CEO Tim Duignan said: "This energy storage system, along with our new machinery at Owen Springs, heralds a new era of power supply for Alice Springs. We’re replacing aged electricity generators with the latest equipment, to provide efficient and reliable power supply, drive down the cost of producing electricity and to support a transition to renewable energy."

The BESS will be used to provide improved power generation reliability for the region, by assisting in smoothing the output of T-Gen’s solar power during cloud cover events.

The BESS is will be located at the Sadadeen Valley, and is expected to be complete by early 2018.
T-Gen was formed in 2014 as part of the Northern Territory Government’s structural reforms of the Power and Water Corporation. T-Gen owns and operates eight power stations across the Northern Territory.